Hijacking webbrowser ads

Discussion in 'Frontpage news' started by stefansg, Aug 20, 2006.

  1. stefansg

    stefansg Master Guru

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    Please, remove the webbrowser hijacking ad about the registery scanni9ng utility. Its so damn annoying that i have to enter this forum twice ort more everytime i click on a forum link.
     
  2. Finchwizard

    Finchwizard Don Apple

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    Screenshots, links to the ads that are causing the problems? More descriptions.

    Would you go to the mechanic and tell the guy your car sounds "Funny" yet not tell him when it happens? I should hope not.

    Same principle, we need more info.
     
  3. bigpipe

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  4. GaryX

    GaryX Master Guru

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    i wonder if he is talking about the same crap i got the last 2 days here, errorsafe spyware! the guru3d forum browser window minimized and this popup came:

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    after Alt+F4 a window opened with info about the useful spyware removal tool :

    [​IMG]

    after closing the window one more popup came :

    [​IMG]

    i used google to get more information about the spyware and found this thread in a forum (german) http://www.antispam.de/forum/archive/index.php/t-11699.html

    it looks like this comes through imageshack

    adaware,AVG didnt see the virus. i had to use trend micro anti spyware online scan to get rid of this.

    after cleaning i installed IE7 B3 - not got the problem again so far!

    btw: i emailed Hilbert yesterday about this
     
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  5. Finchwizard

    Finchwizard Don Apple

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    Not much you can do if it's coming through Imageshack.
     
  6. GaryX

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    you could denie Imageshack-links in the forum if it really installes spyware just for browsing the forum on peoples computers! this is very annoying..
     
  7. Finchwizard

    Finchwizard Don Apple

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    Just add a comment into your hosts file pointing imageshack.us to 127.0.0.1

    I don't have these problems with Imageshack.

    Have you done all the normal, scan your computer etc etc.
     
  8. Animatrix

    Animatrix Ancient Guru

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    Sounds like a drive-by infestation

    Info on ImageShack issue:

    IF YOU USE IMAGE SHACK TO STORE YOUR PHOTOS PLEASE READ THIS!
    http://forum.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_virus&message.id=54435

    Nellie2
    http://malwareremoval.com/plog/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=180&blogId=4
    http://malwareremoval.com/plog/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=183&blogId=4
    http://forum.computertrouble.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3849&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0

    ImageShack
    http://forums.security-central.us/showthread.php?t=2735
     

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