[PCWorks] FireFox has malware that can't be removed WAS: Why can't this IP/website be blocked in the Hosts file?
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:38:44 -0600
I found out more info. For quite some time now, FireFox has
been UNUSABLE. I've run scans with all of my anti-malware
programs (~a dozen) and they find NOTHING. Every time I open
it and try to go ANYWHERE, it goes to the correct page for a
second or two, but then gets hijacked and redirected 3-4 times
to various cyber-terrorist websites. I've had to add so many
domains and IP's to my Hosts file that I'm sure it's really
bloated now.
That IP below is one of them. Just as a thought, I tried to
search for that IP, and look what you find. That domain/IP (as
I already knew) is one of these cyber-terrorist domains and is
associated with browser hijacking/redirect malware.
IE is NOT affected. Chrome is occasionally, but FF is the
worst. I'm looking at these search results now, but they all
appear to be generic BS for newbies (things I already do on a
regular basis)! (Still looking for a fix).
FF has no Cookies, (and only a few are saved in IE, the rest
are automatically dumped, but I can't find out how to do that
in Chrome, so I have to manually delete Cookies in it and then
lose all of my site data).
But I still can't figure out why that IP address below cannot
be blocked. Even if it's malware, it should still be blocked
by the Hosts file. My Hosts file looks ok, nothing strange
about it.
I also can't figure out why so many anti-malware programs find
nothing wrong.
-Clint
----- Original Message -----
Does anyone have a clue as to why this IP/website cannot be
blocked in the Hosts file?
http://63.209.69.107
It's been in my Hosts file for a long time and my browsers
still get hijacked by it and I can still access that URL! How
is this possible? I have many other IP's in my Hosts file and
they are blocked when I try and access them! What's so
"special" about that one?
Thanks,
-Clint
God Bless,
Clint Hamilton, Owner
www.OrpheusComputing.com
www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
www.OrpheusComputing.com/most_reliable_cheapest_webhosting.html
www.OrpheusComputing.com/office/computer_accessories.html
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