Re: [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" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:50:08 -0500
No, although a band-aid, it does help:
"I was using Kaspersky for years but after them forcing users
to upgrade to new versions and with each newer version being
more screwed up than before, I had enough of that. It had an
anti-banner feature on it where you could simply right click
any annoying image ad and "block" it. So without that feature,
I'm forced to block these annoyances with the Hosts file,
therefore I got rather familiar with it. I have no other
choice than to block these parasite websites that way,
otherwise the redirects and pop-ups & pop-unders would go
on in an infinite loop crashing the PC. Now when it redirects
to a blocked domain or IP in the Hosts file, the redirect loops
at least stop for that session."
See my other to reply to Ben about the add-ons.
I've already run more than a dozen anti-malware scanners:
"'I've run scans with all of my anti-malware programs (~a
dozen) and they find NOTHING.' Yeah, HJT was one of them,
I've been using it since it's been out. It's usually quite
good at finding these sorts of things, but not this time.
(FTR, I've run 2 versions of AdAware, 2 versions of SpyBot,
MalwareBytes, SpyWare Terminator, MSE, Comodo,
CWShredder [which they haven't updated it in SEVEN years],
SUPERAntiSpyware, 3 products from a-Squared, and SpyWare
Blaster is installed).'"
I've also since run HitMan Pro, ComboFix, TDSSKiller, and at
least a couple of others, some were Rootkit scanners.
There has GOT to be file somewhere that's causing this, or a
setting somewhere in the Registry causing this. If it were IE
I'd know more of where to look.
-Clint
God Bless,
Clint Hamilton, Owner
www.OrpheusComputing.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Vandervoort"
Ben is right. Almost all FF problems are caused by add-ons.
The HOSTS
files is just a band-aid and isn't helping. Run a complete
Maware/Virus
scan, incluidng a Rootkit remover.
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Ben Moore <bgml46@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Have you completely uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled? And
> when you
> uninstall it, go through your computer and make sure every
> single file has
> been deleted. That's what I would do. There just aren't
> that many
> settings
> to make that a terrible chore. Then reinstall and if it's
> still happening
> it's something on your computer that's doing it and not
> specifically
> Firefox.
>
> I don't know what is going on with your computer, Clint. In
> 15+ years I've
> absolutely never had to do anything to my hosts file. I'm
> careful but not
> to the extreme. Seems like you've spent enough time on this
> that it's just
> time to rip it out and start over.
>
> Is this still happening sometimes in your other browsers? I
> just googled
> geoads which I'm sure you've done and some are talking about
> an extension
> geoads installs in browsers. You have checked your
> extensions in Firefox?
>
> Ben
>
>
>
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