Directed to a 'Reported Web Forgery' page after Firefox update
I just updated my Firefox browser to version 27.0 (beta update channel) However, when Firefox was restarted, it opened with a new tab that was a warning page that said 'Reported Web Forgery' The URL of the page was 'http://newbrowserversion . com/firefox/'
Obviously, something is wrong for this to happen and I'm wondering if this is a problem with Mozilla or a problem at my end with my laptop. If it's the latter, what should I do to prevent this happening again and why did it happen?
I just put same URL into my Firefox HISTORY search and it returned 3 results. Each of these results are clearly computer generated URLs because of their length. Each of these used the domain, 'ams1 . ib . adnxs . com' and inside the URL's I also noticed another domain name, 'www.onlinetodaynews . com'
Please could somebody give me some advice on what this is and what I need to do? Also, Could this mean my computer is infected?
My computer uses Windows 7 and I have the free versions of both Zonealarm and AVG AntiVirus. I also use CCleaner and MalwareBytes quite regularly.
I will be happy to provide any further information to help investigate this problem. I won't delete the items from my History until I know more. Please help.
Modified by cor-el
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WARNING: Please don't click on any of the links that have appeared in my question above. These are suspicious URL's that may harm your computer.
Hello,
These pages that you said, they are malicious pages, do download or update Firefox by Official Firefox Page:
Pay attention sometimes these page change your homepage, install addons and infect your PC, if this didnt happen only verify your data for precaution
Verify your addons, search for a new addons or an addon that you didnt install, unistall these unknow addons:
In order to uninstall a possibly unwanted extension, please do the following:
- From the Firefox window click the Firefox button at the top left and select Add-ons, or, if the Firefox button is not shown, click the Tools menu and click Add-ons.
- Once the Add-on Manager has opened in a new tab, click the Extensions button on the left side of the window.
- You should now see a list of your installed extensions on the right side together with buttons on the right side of each extension.
- To remove an extension from Firefox, simply click the Remove button. You should see a message that informs you about the successful removal of the add-on.
- Note that some add-ons require a Firefox restart to be removed completely. To perform a Firefox restart after the add-on removal, click the Restart now link in the message.
You can find further information about uninstalling extensions in the following articles:
Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page
Scann your computer:
Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
- MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
- TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility
- Hitman Pro
- ESET Online Scanner
Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.
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Modified by Diego Victor
I was having this problem too. I think it may be related to the latest Adobe Flash version, or at the least, the malicious behavior is facilitated through Flash. I thought that may be the case because I had installed the latest version of Flash this morning, that was my most recent change before the problem started. When I uninstalled Flash, the problem went away, I'm no longer being taken to newbrowserversion.com. And I don't have Flash at the moment but that's a sidebar I guess.
Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
- MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
- TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility
- Hitman Pro
- ESET Online Scanner
Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.
Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!