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Virus/Hi-Jack or just normal?

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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 12,964 Forumite
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    johndough wrote: »
    Hi


    Well an update.


    .....

    Next was a few more lines in me HOSTS file.


    #Phishing
    ......
    127.0.0.1 linkedin.com/company/tradebay/
    127.0.0.1 instagram.com/tradebayexchange/
    127.0.0.1 t.me/tradebay
    127.0.0.1 twitter.com/_TRADEBAY_
    127.0.0.1 facebook.com/tradebayexchange
    .....
    Huh !!!!!! are they apart from being invalid as hosts entries
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  • AndyPix
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    What a baffling thread :huh:
  • RumRat
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    Seems the OP started the thread just to have a conversation with himself....confused0082.gif
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  • ppfe
    ppfe Posts: 1 Newbie
    @johndough: Thank you, couldn't find anything about this anywhere.. since a few days Firefox randomly opens



    lzpv4smat.com



    and tries to save an "adobe-flashplayer-update" from dohehuslade.com.


    Also i found some suspicous cookies which i deleted, but the site reappears and i can't find anything on google about this.



    I am on Windows 7 and can't really follow your fixes, also I am obviously no pro. So it would be great if you can explain where to find that "HOSTS" file and which registry entries have been the problem..
    Running AVAST virus scan and pre boot scan didn't help.
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