CDC Posted September 20, 2016 ID:1062801 Share Posted September 20, 2016 When I go to Photobucket my browser gets redirect to a scam. I have Malwarebytes. Updated and did a full scan many times. Zero threats detected. Microsoft Security Essentials. Updated and did a full scan many times. Zero threats detected. This only happens when I go to Photobucket. it does not matter what Photobucket page it is. I have tried Malwarebytes, AdwCleaner, Hitman Pro and Zemana AntiMalware and it still is redirecting. Is this coming from the Photobucket website? Why is this just happening when I go to the Photobucket website only? Is there something on my computer that is redirecting the browser? Any help appreciated, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinHeadedEagle Posted September 20, 2016 ID:1062822 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Hello and Please download Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it to your desktop. Note: You need to run the version compatible with your system. If you are not sure which version applies to your system download both of them and try to run them. Only one of them will run on your system, that will be the right version. Double-click to run it. When the tool opens click Yes to disclaimer. Press Scan button. button. It will make a log (FRST.txt) in the same directory the tool is run. Please attach it to your reply. The first time the tool is run, it makes also another log (Addition.txt). Please attach it to your reply. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDC Posted September 21, 2016 Author ID:1063009 Share Posted September 21, 2016 (edited) TwinHeadedEagle, I downloaded FRST. After clicking the scan button, FRST was scanning, then was not responding for about 5 seconds, then started scanning again. Attached is the FRST.txt log and Addition.txt log. Thanks, Edited September 27, 2016 by AdvancedSetup Removed attachments per request Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinHeadedEagle Posted September 21, 2016 ID:1063057 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Your PC seems clean. What you can do is to empty cache from your browsers or to install Adblock extension hoping this would block ads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDC Posted September 22, 2016 Author ID:1063192 Share Posted September 22, 2016 TwinHeadedEagle, This must be coming from the Photobucket website. Is there away to test a website to see if is infected? This does happen using Firefox and Google Chrome browsers. I have not tested to see if it happens using Internet Explorer browser. It redirects once, then I click the back button to go back to photobucket, then it stops redirecting. If I clear the cache it will redirect again. Can you recommend a Adblock extension ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinHeadedEagle Posted September 22, 2016 ID:1063254 Share Posted September 22, 2016 You can use this one: https://adblockplus.org/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDC Posted September 26, 2016 Author ID:1064026 Share Posted September 26, 2016 TwinHeadedEagle, It it appears that by flushing/clearing the DNS cache fixed this Photobucket redirect tech scam problem. I have been viewing Photobucket pages after clearing the DNS cache for the last 4 days and I have not had my browsers redirect to a scam. I have not installed Adblock plus yet. Thanks for Help, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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