> From: mattcr...@mattcrews.com > To: Fungi4All <fungil...@protonmail.com> > debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Back up your ~/.mozilla folder, delete it and reopen Firefox. This will > create a fresh Firefox profile. Make sure that Firefox's built in pop up > blocker is enabled. Then navigate to websites that are generating pop-ups > that normally don't. > If the pop-ups persist, then either your computer has been hijacked (wiping > your HD and re-installing the OS might fix) , your modem/router has been > hijacked (check your modem/router for firmware updates), or shenanigans are > occuring through your ISP (which you probably can't do anything about). > >>> Thanks for the suggestion for add blockers. What I guess I am saying is; >>> even in websites that I know would never include pop-up ads, when >>> clicking on something, I am getting a pop-up with some add. It feels >>> like a virus, like something that is affecting Firefox (I havent tested >>> other browsers) at the system level, or at least at the program level. >>> It feels like some bad software is affecting Firefox. For example, when >>> clicking on a dropdown box, a new window is opened with some ad, I know >>> this is not being done by the website I am navigating. >>> thanks a lot, >> >> Check your addons in firefox and your homepage. This sounds like a hijacking >> activity. But there is a difference between pop-up and ad-blocking. >> Ad-blocking >> works whether they pop or are within the page. Pop-ups may not necessarily >> be ads. You can also add the No-Script addon to only allow what you want >> scripts on. But this is all browser related, not system.
You are top-posting, which you will have to learn to respect the choice not to, and you are responding to me personally as I am having the problem. I don't even use Mozilla anymore. Any reference on hijacking trojans on Debian would be most interesting.
