Posted on 04/28/2010 9:26:38 AM PDT by ShadowAce
The user is apparently using Linux. A virus or other malware is possible but extremely unlikely. From reading the /. article mentioned earlier, it would appear this is actually occuring at the ISP level.
AFAIK, malware might still mess directly with Firefox even in Linux, no? A hacked home router is still possible too.
If it IS the ISP, really stoooopid move.
redirector malware phishing using the hong kong yellow pages as the phisher’s false front.
the screencap doesnt’ schow the address bar, which makes the whole story suspect, anyone who posts scare stories worth their salt would have posted the url so people could look in to it properly.
And Cablevision in the NYC metro area does the same thing unless you manually opt out of their redirector search service. Magically the opt out gets erased every few months on their systems, and users have to opt out again, funny how that works.
I should rtfa before posting.
So yes, this guy has the same situation we have in the NYC metro area with Optimum Online broadband by CableVision,
At least Cablevision provides a opt out page about 6 clicks deep to stop this nonsense.
Anyone else suffering from this with OptimumONline,
http://www.optimum.net/Article/DNS
is the opt-out page.
It is also the easiest to determine if it is the cause.
Close firefox.
mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla.bad
start firefox.
if the problem goes away, your browser has been hacked and you should investigate further. If not close FF again, then
rm -fr ~/.mozilla
mv ~/.mozilla.bad ~/.mozilla
A hacked router is going to be a bit harder to troubleshoot.
Try running “Super Anti Spyware” (www.superantispyware.com). I had malware get past my A/V software and it turned off my Windows update. Super Anti Spyware was the only thing that removed this malware.
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