Strange Fruit
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Strange Fruit
Everytime I type www.youtube.com I am redirected via something called
www.gositedeal.com to another site called ww-youtube.com, and, similarly
when I type www.amazon.co I am redirected via www.gositedeal.com
to another site called www.emazon.co.
I have tried deleting cookies and so forth, but the problem continues.
www.gositedeal.com to another site called ww-youtube.com, and, similarly
when I type www.amazon.co I am redirected via www.gositedeal.com
to another site called www.emazon.co.
I have tried deleting cookies and so forth, but the problem continues.
Re: Strange Fruit
You have been installed with "malware", probably an addon to firefox.
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Re: Strange Fruit
Is this on a Mac with an unsupported OS version?
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Re: Strange Fruit
No: MacOS 10.14.6
Presumably Malware, if it has been installed as Firefox add-ons
[Waterfox]
"just" removing the add-ons won't be sufficient.
Presumably Malware, if it has been installed as Firefox add-ons
[Waterfox]
"just" removing the add-ons won't be sufficient.
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Re: Strange Fruit
Well, that is a source of great joy:
I removed ALL of my add-ons from Waterfox, restarted Waterfox and the
problem has gone away.
Thank you SparkOut for your very great help.
Being a bit stupid, I did NOT note down the names of all the add-ons before I removed them:
BUT they were all aimed at downloading youtube content.
Neither Avast nor AVG picked these up.
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articl ... ons-store/
I removed ALL of my add-ons from Waterfox, restarted Waterfox and the
problem has gone away.
Thank you SparkOut for your very great help.
Being a bit stupid, I did NOT note down the names of all the add-ons before I removed them:
BUT they were all aimed at downloading youtube content.
Neither Avast nor AVG picked these up.
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articl ... ons-store/
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Re: Strange Fruit
If you can pin down which extension caused that and report it to Mozilla they'll remove it and probably also ban the author, useful for others.
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Re: Strange Fruit
Here's what I use for downloading youtube content:
https://en.savefrom.net/1-how-to-downlo ... ube-video/
Just set this as a bookmark, don't download the helper app. There's a malware doppelganger of the helper app around somewhere, and I'm not sure how to tell the difference. But the website does the job neatly.
https://en.savefrom.net/1-how-to-downlo ... ube-video/
Just set this as a bookmark, don't download the helper app. There's a malware doppelganger of the helper app around somewhere, and I'm not sure how to tell the difference. But the website does the job neatly.
PowerDebug http://powerdebug.ahsoftware.net
PowerTools http://www.ahsoftware.net/PowerTools/PowerTools.irev
PowerTools http://www.ahsoftware.net/PowerTools/PowerTools.irev
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Re: Strange Fruit
Thanks, Mark; that's extremely useful information.
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Re: Strange Fruit
Someone got 'there' first:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... e/reviews/
"This add-on recently started redirecting users with malware-like behavior to ww-youtube.com when visiting youtube.com"
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Oooooer, trying to keep things 'relevant' . . .
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... e/reviews/
"This add-on recently started redirecting users with malware-like behavior to ww-youtube.com when visiting youtube.com"
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Oooooer, trying to keep things 'relevant' . . .
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Re: Strange Fruit
For anyone missing the context, the band in the movie is named "Strange Fruit".
I can really recommend the movie, very very funny!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FADiGMfYuBI
I can really recommend the movie, very very funny!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FADiGMfYuBI
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Re: Strange Fruit
I thought you were referring to the Billie Holiday song.
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Re: Strange Fruit
No, we weren't.
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Re: Strange Fruit
If I post the URL of what I wish to download there, as you suggested, I end up being directed to all sorts of betting and gambling pages . . .Here's what I use for downloading youtube content:
https://en.savefrom.net/1-how-to-downlo ... ube-video/
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Re: Strange Fruit
Mmmm... time to fix your browser add-ons. Sounds like you're still getting hijacked.
PowerDebug http://powerdebug.ahsoftware.net
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Re: Strange Fruit
Are you using Mac or Windows? coz I have faced this problem when I was using windows
This is how I overcame from this issue
I deleted all my cookies, history. In short, I formated my chrome-like I deleted everything from my chrome then that issue got resolved!
Still, I can't find why and from where that issued arrived.
This is how I overcame from this issue
I deleted all my cookies, history. In short, I formated my chrome-like I deleted everything from my chrome then that issue got resolved!
Still, I can't find why and from where that issued arrived.
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