Quizzes & Puzzles1 min ago
Am I Under Attack?
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Gromit has posted under this question:
http://
which may be mis-posted. It prompted me because since yesterday afternoon I have been intermittently blasted with a pop-up:
"The page at http://
Congratulations BT Public Internet Service Customer!
Your Desktop Desktop [sic] has been randomly selected to win a courtesy Apple product!"
It only seems to happen (as far as I can tell) when I’m using AB. I get this and other messages informing me I have won prizes. I got another telling me:
“Recommended.
You are currently using Firefox browser and it is recommended that you update your media player to the latest version available. Please update in order to continue.”
They are all in the same format (light grey popup boxes with no “X” to close, only an “OK” button.) They appear at fairly regular intervals, perhaps once every minute or two.”
I also keep getting diverted to a site called “Flirchi.com” (a dating website) which takes meout of AB entirely.
Norton blocked at attack by “fake.app attack” or something, but it’s still happening. What can I do about it?
Anybody else having similar probs?
http://
which may be mis-posted. It prompted me because since yesterday afternoon I have been intermittently blasted with a pop-up:
"The page at http://
Congratulations BT Public Internet Service Customer!
Your Desktop Desktop [sic] has been randomly selected to win a courtesy Apple product!"
It only seems to happen (as far as I can tell) when I’m using AB. I get this and other messages informing me I have won prizes. I got another telling me:
“Recommended.
You are currently using Firefox browser and it is recommended that you update your media player to the latest version available. Please update in order to continue.”
They are all in the same format (light grey popup boxes with no “X” to close, only an “OK” button.) They appear at fairly regular intervals, perhaps once every minute or two.”
I also keep getting diverted to a site called “Flirchi.com” (a dating website) which takes meout of AB entirely.
Norton blocked at attack by “fake.app attack” or something, but it’s still happening. What can I do about it?
Anybody else having similar probs?
Answers
If Malwarebytes isn't helping, try resetting Firefox: If you've not got the Menu bar (File, Edit, View, etc) visible at the top of your screen, enable it by right clicking in that area and clicking on 'Menu Bar'. Go to Tools > Add-ons > Extensions and note down the names of any extensions (such as AdBlock Plus, etc) that you want to keep. Then go to Help >...
16:21 Sat 24th Oct 2015
