I wanted to re-install the bad extension so I could answer your question. But I discovered that it no longer exists - So I guess I wasn't the first person to notify the Chrome store about the abuse.
On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:27:58 +0300 Shay Gover <govers...@gmail.com> wrote: > What happens when you open a private session(Ctrl+Shift+N)? > > Shay > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Rabin Yasharzadehe <ra...@rabin.io> > wrote: > > > try disabling all your extension, > > some extensions developers will sell there extensions to some 3rd > > party which will then embed some nasty stuff inside of them. > > > > worst case, you can try and reset your chrome profile. > > > > -- > > Rabin > > > > On 26 July 2016 at 17:52, Shlomo Solomon <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> OK - I "sort of" solved this by installing an extension - Speed > >> Dial 2 - in Chromium. > >> > >> But I still have no idea why it happened in the first place. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:21:34 +0300 > >> Shlomo Solomon <shl...@the-solomons.net> wrote: > >> > >> > A small correction to what I wrote. The problem happens when I > >> > click "New Tab" to the right of the open tabs - NOT when I click > >> > Home. > >> > > >> > On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:08:05 +0300 > >> > Shlomo Solomon <shl...@the-solomons.net> wrote: > >> > > >> > > I'm using Chromium 51.0.2704.103 on Mageia 5. > >> > > My homepage is set to www.google.com > >> > > > >> > > Today, for no reason that I can see, when I click on the home > >> > > button, seemingly "random" pages open, with one thing in > >> > > common. They all look similar to Google (white background, > >> > > search window etc), but instead of the Google logo, I see the > >> > > word SEARCH in the colors of the Google logo. > >> > > > >> > > If I actually type www.google.com, I get to Google. The > >> > > problem is only when I click on the home icon. > >> > > > >> > > I tried clearing cache, browser history etc but no change. > >> > > I changed my home page to www.ynet.co.il, and I still get the > >> > > "random" SEARCH sites. > >> > > > >> > > Has anyone seen this behaviour? > >> > > > >> > > I'm including a few of the sites I've been reaching. Notice > >> > > that many (but not all) are from .ru: > >> > > > >> > > http://miyake-inc.com/i/searchsss.html > >> > > http://safesearch5.ru/stm.html > >> > > http://mystartpage1.ru/i/start.html > >> > > http://mystartpage6.ru/blank.html > >> > > http://wzscnet.com/i/startm.html > >> > > http://safesearch4.ru/startss.html > >> > > http://safesearch3.ru/startt.html > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Shlomo Solomon > >> http://the-solomons.net > >> Sent by Claws Mail 3.11.1 - KDE 4.14.5 - LINUX Mageia 5 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Linux-il mailing list > >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by Claws Mail 3.11.1 - KDE 4.14.5 - LINUX Mageia 5 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
