Comments on: Firefox for Linux adware? http://www.brianmcquay.com/firefox-for-linux-adware/28 My Ruby on Rails experience, web development tips including SEO, and contributions to open source projects Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.brianmcquay.com/firefox-for-linux-adware/28/comment-page-1#comment-30 admin Wed, 24 May 2006 20:09:51 +0000 http://www.brianmcquay.com/?p=28#comment-30 I haven't had any adware experiences lately. So far I've got delicious, web devloper, and chatzilla extensions installed. I haven’t had any adware experiences lately. So far I’ve got delicious, web devloper, and chatzilla extensions installed.

]]> By: admin http://www.brianmcquay.com/firefox-for-linux-adware/28/comment-page-1#comment-24 admin Thu, 04 May 2006 18:35:28 +0000 http://www.brianmcquay.com/?p=28#comment-24 I installed all my normal extensions and visited all my normal sites and guess what? I have my adware again. I moved the .mozilla directory instead of deleting it this time. I'm not sure what's the source of my problems but I did narrow it down a little. In my history I can see that the random pages are being given to me via Google's I'm feeling lucky. I'm now taking one extension at a time to find out if its the extensions or some strange Javascript exploit that a site that I happen across is using. So far I've only installed Chatzilla and I haven't experienced my random site problem yet. I also plan to go back to my compromised backup of my .mozilla directory and see if it will go to a random site if I just sit it there all night without touching it. I want to see if there is a trigger that is causing it or if it's really some random process in the background. I installed all my normal extensions and visited all my normal sites and guess what? I have my adware again. I moved the .mozilla directory instead of deleting it this time. I’m not sure what’s the source of my problems but I did narrow it down a little. In my history I can see that the random pages are being given to me via Google’s I’m feeling lucky.

I’m now taking one extension at a time to find out if its the extensions or some strange Javascript exploit that a site that I happen across is using. So far I’ve only installed Chatzilla and I haven’t experienced my random site problem yet.

I also plan to go back to my compromised backup of my .mozilla directory and see if it will go to a random site if I just sit it there all night without touching it. I want to see if there is a trigger that is causing it or if it’s really some random process in the background.

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