Receiving files from myself?
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From: slate_leeper on 29 Jul 2010 11:09 This morning when I first started Firefox, my proxy server told me I was receiving several files, including an html page and a few image files. I had just started Firefox, and had not entered any URL or clicked any bookmark or link. Firefox did not display the page or any images. The REALLY strange part - the proxy says that the IP address the files are coming from is my own IP address. This has happened each time I restarted Firefox. ? What the hey? -danz- Protect your civil rights! Let the politicians know how you feel. Join or donate to the NRA today! http://membership.nrahq.org/default.asp?campaignid=XR014887 The true measure of a people's freedom is whether they are armed or not. - Aristotle
From: Mike Easter on 29 Jul 2010 14:40 slate_leeper wrote: > This morning when I first started Firefox, my proxy server Exactly what does 'my proxy server' mean in this context? Define what your proxy server is and does for you. -- Mike Easter
From: slate_leeper on 31 Jul 2010 08:16 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:43:25 -0700, Mike Easter <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> wrote: > >I would say that your browser has been hijacked and the ware is trying >to put its own content (from your system) into the browser display. I have, and have run, MalWareBytes. Spybot, Avira AntiVirus, and Microsoft Malicious Software Tool. All have found nothing. Any suggestions? Browser is Firefox with NoScript. By the way, it didn't do it this morning. -dan z- Protect your civil rights! Let the politicians know how you feel. Join or donate to the NRA today! http://membership.nrahq.org/default.asp?campaignid=XR014887 The true measure of a people's freedom is whether they are armed or not. - Aristotle
From: Mike Easter on 31 Jul 2010 11:47 slate_leeper wrote: > Mike Easter >> I would say that your browser has been hijacked and the ware is trying >> to put its own content (from your system) into the browser display. > I have, and have run, MalWareBytes. Spybot, Avira AntiVirus, and > Microsoft Malicious Software Tool. All have found nothing. Any > suggestions? Browser is Firefox with NoScript. > > By the way, it didn't do it this morning. The site I usually recommend to sanitize is this one http://www.techspot.com/vb/menu28.html Virus and Malware Removal I like the strategy and the rigor with which the helpers are vetted. A much simpler approach that might work for some situations such as yours is to just go to a HiJackThis log place. The problem with that simplification is that it isn't very thorough. -- Mike Easter
From: Dante Alighieri on 27 Jul 2010 18:00 On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:09:20 -0400, slate_leeper <bycy-r0bj(a)spamex.com> wrote: >This morning when I first started Firefox, my proxy server told me I >was receiving several files, including an html page and a few image >files. I had just started Firefox, and had not entered any URL or >clicked any bookmark or link. Firefox did not display the page or any >images. The REALLY strange part - the proxy says that the IP address >the files are coming from is my own IP address. This has happened each >time I restarted Firefox. > >? What the hey? > > >-danz- > > > Check to see what NoScript is allowing to pass. You might find something in the whitelist that looks wrong. If you Yooha!, don't click anywhere on the log in page. There may be clear clicks although NoScript should pick them up. I was using XP then Vista 32 and Win7x64. All M$ Malicious Software tool did for me was prevent my Vista HD from booting. Apparently with my Win7 HD it picked up Micro$oft Windoze Vista as malicious software. I think they are right, but some of my software is not Win7x64 compatible. Most x86 programs are and when installed, the installer puts them into a "Program Files (x86)" folder. I solved that problem by restoring the system to a restore point I created before running that tool. Some glitch in SBS&D allowed some supposedly blocked items to run or not be found. This is supposed to have been corrected but go to "settings", "ignore products", right click, select "deselect all", then set SBS&D to run at System Startup, reboot and see what happens. Make sure your Firefox, Noscript, SBS&D, etc. are up to date. FireFox 3.6.8 is, I think, still the latest version. I'm using 4.0b2 and have had no issues with it. I have found no issues with NoScript and FireFox 4 although my NoScript tells me it is not compatible with FireFox 4, maybe because 4 is still beta. Follow slate_leeper's suggestions. Dante
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