Zaire Posted January 17, 2014 ID:779043 Share Posted January 17, 2014 This one is an odd... I was on my mac (iMac running the latest OS) and working away when I decided to check facebook. When randomly instead of seeing the usual Google listing for Facebook I was taken to a page of searches for the facebook pages of Dickey's Barbacue Pit. Having long used windows I suspected some kinda malware of adware. Especially as this had never happened before and I figured a blog post I read earlier may have had something infected in the background. Thing is I keep a pretty tidy browser (Firefox) and have noscript, adblock, and wot going. I did a sweet of my mac using assorted advice since macs don't really have services like Malwarebytes that anywhere near as reliable. Nothing came up. So I began to reload searches for Facebook in Firefox using google and...sure enough the same page filled with Dickey's Barbacure Pit would pop up. I tried it in Safari...and sure enough it happened. Given I had not used Safari at all save for downloading Firefox...I suspected something beyond a browser issue was going on. So I loaded up my window machine and ran a Malwarebytes scan as usual with nothing coming up. I tried to replicate this issue and sure enough it happened again. I suspected maybe a weird DNS issue...but it loosk clean and proper. So is this just a weird bug I'm getting via my ISP at the moment or something else? Cause at this point I'm at a loss of what to do. I checked browser plug ins, security scans, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff gringo_pr Posted January 21, 2014 Staff ID:780935 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Hello Zaire I would check the DNS of the router and even set it to Open DNS to see if that clears it up. I would also try uninstalling firefox and reinstalling it while removing all preferences and add\ons Gringo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff gringo_pr Posted January 24, 2014 Staff ID:782231 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hello 48 Hour bump It has been more than 48 hours since my last post.do you still need help with this?do you need more time?are you having problems following my instructions?if after 48hrs you have not replied to this thread then it will have to be closed!Gringo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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