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Re: [OM] OT: Hijacked Browsers

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Hijacked Browsers
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:29:59 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     I've had this laptop running all afternoon, sitting on the webmail page 
all the time.  The only activity I've seen has probably been the NETTIME clock 
synchroniser interrogating the online NIST standard.

>
>     Soon after I did this, I restarted the laptop and watched for any 
>activity.  Whenever there is a data download taking place, a small window 
>appears at the bottom informing you where the data is being downloaded 
>from.  Sure enough, there were downloads taking place from the 
>"securepubads.g.doubleclick.net" URL.  So, I added that to the "hosts" 
>file as well, then restarted and watched for any activity.
>
>     There hasn't been any activity for almost 30 minutes, so this appears 
>to have put the kabosh on that intrusion.
>


Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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