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[ParanoiaBoy]

http://www.metagame.it

when i tried to visit the website above, that i trusted to be safe (which i haven't visited for a long time), an ad page showed up instead of it. i've immediately closed it but it was a kind of fake samsung s9 prize.

the strange thing is that mbam was silent.

(browser: chrome

Kaspersky + MBAM premium + mbam chrome extension)

can you tell me, since i'm not tech savvy, what kind of threat is that and if i'm at risk and should i change my passwords? i made many scans but nothing was found tho

[AdvancedSetup]

Hello @ParanoiaBoy

Site does not redirect for me. Looks like there may be something going on with your system. I will move your topic to the Malware Removal forum.

 

 

[AdvancedSetup]

Please run the following steps and post back the logs as an attachment when ready.

STEP 01

• If you're already running Malwarebytes 3 then open Malwarebytes and check for updates. Then click on the Scan tab and select Threat Scan and click on Start Scan button.
• If you don't have Malwarebytes 3 installed yet please download it from here and install it.
• Once installed then open Malwarebytes and check for updates. Then click on the Scan tab and select Threat Scan and click on Start Scan button.
• Once the scan is completed click on the Export Summary button and save the file as a Text file to your desktop or other location you can find, and attach that log on your next reply.
• If Malwarebytes won't run then please skip to the next step and let me know on your next reply.

STEP 02

Please download AdwCleaner by Malwarebytes and save the file to your Desktop.

• Right-click on the program and select Run as Administrator to start the tool.
• Accept the Terms of use.
• Wait until the database is updated.
• Click Scan.
• When finished, please click Clean.
• Your PC should reboot now if any items were found.
• After reboot, a log file will be opened. Copy its content into your next reply.

 

RESTART THE COMPUTER Before running Step 3

STEP 03
Please download the Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it to your desktop.

Note: You need to run the version compatible with your system. You can check here if you're not sure if your computer is 32-bit or 64-bit

• Double-click to run it. When the tool opens, click Yes to disclaimer.
• Press the Scan 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 also makes another log (Addition.txt). If you've, run the tool before you need to place a check mark here.
• Please attach the Additions.txt log to your reply as well.

 

Thanks

Ron

 

[ParanoiaBoy]

this is strange, i haven't visited anything weird and i have little to no stuff on this pc;  i've done a format short time ago, mbam scans said clean...

here's the farbar log 

FRST.txt

Addition.txt

[AdvancedSetup]

Please upload the AdwCleaner clean log

Thanks

 

[ParanoiaBoy]

yes i'm collecting them, here they are 

AdwCleaner[S10].txt

mbam log.txt

Edited July 24, 2018 by ParanoiaBoy

[AdvancedSetup]

So if you try to go to this site directly by copy/paste into your browser. Does it still try to redirect you to another site, or are you clicking that link via a Google/Bing search?

 

http://www.metagame.it

 

[ParanoiaBoy]

now it doesn't, by copy-pasting it.

when i clicked it through a google search it did

[AdvancedSetup]

Yes, that is unfortunately semi-normal. The Google spider has picked up bogus searches and those are what redirect. The site does not appear to be infected nor your computer. Please bookmark the site and when clicking on Google searches be very careful.

Unless there is something else we should be done here

Cheers

Ron

 

[ParanoiaBoy]

should i change my passwords?

Edited July 24, 2018 by ParanoiaBoy

[AdvancedSetup]

There was no real indication of an infection on your system but no harm in being safe.

 

[ParanoiaBoy]

thank you. may i ask you the last question? since i'm not tech savvy, i'd like to learn of what happened and why is it semi-normal, can you explain it a bit more? thank you again

Edited July 24, 2018 by ParanoiaBoy

[AdvancedSetup]

You clicked on a link you searched for on Google. People put up bad links all the time and those links go to bad places. That's all that happened. Just need to be careful anytime you click on Google search links.

 

A lot of reading here but if you take the time to read a bit of it you'll see why/how infections and general damage are so easily inflicted on the computer. There is also advice on how to prevent it and keep the system working well. Don't forget about good, solid backups of your data to an external drive that is not connected except when backing up your data. If you leave a backup drive connected and you do get infected it can easily damage, encrypt, delete, or corrupt your backups as well and then you'd lose all data.
Nothing is 100% bulletproof but with a little bit of education, you can certainly swing things in your favor.

• How Malware Spreads - How did I get infected
• Best Practices for Safe Computing - Prevention of Malware Infection
• Avoiding those unwanted free applications
• A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software with Java updates
• IAC / Ask.com toolbars
• Malwarebytes Unpacked Blog

If you're not currently using Malwarebytes Premium then you may want to consider purchasing the product which can also help greatly reduce the risk of a future infection.

 

Thank you and take care

Ron

 

 

[ParanoiaBoy]

ok.. so apparently i've clicked on the wrong link when i was entering that website;

thank you again 

[AdvancedSetup]

Glad we could help.

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