Search hijack by conduit (/questions/968030/)
http://websearch.searchsun.info/?idate=84AObsP%2BkndxN89%2FXZLuxPPshTFO5K%2FC&reloaded=1
!!!WARNING!!!.... The above link is an malware link that hijacked firefox that is a new search engine when i open a new tab. I cant run mbam anymore so tried a new malware/virus remover from spychecker.com. The above scan found some threats but did not permanently remove the threat.
Ilungisiwe ngu cor-el
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Oki..... right !! So do you try to remove the search engine from your control panel !!this is one of last thing if you can't succeed in others way.But before that you can also try to reset Firefox !!Goto help>Restart with add-ons disable>Reset Firefox. hope you found solution!!
You can check for recently installed suspicious or unknown extensions.
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
- Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Your System Details List shows that you have a user.js file in the profile folder to initialize some prefs each time you start Firefox.
The user.js file is only present if you or other software has created it, so normally it wouldn't be there. You can check its content with a plain text editor if you didn't create this file yourself.
The user.js file is read each time you start Firefox and initializes preferences to the value specified in this file, so preferences set via user.js can only be changed temporarily for the current session.
Delete a possible user.js file and numbered prefs-##.js files and rename (or delete) the prefs.js file to reset all prefs to the default value including prefs set via user.js and prefs that are no longer supported in the current Firefox release.
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
You can check in "Windows Control Panel > Programs" for recently installed programs to see if anything from Conduit or any other suspicious software shows up.
- Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Uninstall or change a program
- Click the Installed column to sort by this heading
Do a malware check with several malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
All these programs have free versions.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - AdwCleaner:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml - SuperAntispyware:
http://www.superantispyware.com/ - Microsoft Safety Scanner:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx - Windows Defender: Home Page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Spybot Search & Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Kasperky Free Security Scan:
http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
- Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller:
http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
See also:
- "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked
Ilungisiwe ngu cor-el
Thanks Corel, I have attached the current report of FireFox status as follows;
Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days --------------------------------- All Crash Reports (including 1 pending crash in the given time range) Extensions ---------- Name: Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon Version: 0.9.1 Enabled: true ID: adblockpopups@jessehakanen.net Name: NexxtCoup Version: 1.0 Enabled: true ID: 9riarpg2tby@u-rfbxgs.co.uk Name: Search-NewTAb Version: 2.1 Enabled: true ID: zg8_r@wpbkvuiaajvc.com Name: Troubleshooter Version: 1.1a Enabled: true ID: troubleshooter@mozilla.org Name: websave Version: 3.7 Enabled: true ID: td-ouoa@mtg-npvoe.org Name: YoutubeAdblocker Version: 1.0 Enabled: true ID: iy2.ayea@tdoi-rkvzco.net Important Modified Preferences ------------------------------ browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4 browser.privatebrowsing.autostart: true browser.search.useDBForOrder: true browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140212131424 browser.startup.homepage: www.google.com browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140212131424 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 27.0.1 dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 27.0.1 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1394059089 places.history.enabled: false places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true privacy.cpd.offlineApps: true privacy.cpd.siteSettings: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1393825350 user.js Preferences ------------------- Your profile folder contains a user.js file, which includes preferences that were not created by Firefox. Graphics -------- Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x0126 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16571) Driver Date: 1-29-2014 Driver Version: 9.17.10.3347 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 JavaScript ---------- Incremental GC: true Accessibility ------------- Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions ---------------- NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.2 Version in use: 4.10.2 NSS Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Version in use: 3.15.4
Thanks for the input, I collected this info without going into safe mode.
Ilungisiwe ngu cor-el