Re: ukash hijacked iceweasel
On Sun, 2013-10-13 at 16:33 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-10-13 at 09:58 -0400, John Lindsay wrote:
> > Somehow my iceweasel has been infected with the UKASH scam. I have tried
> > my kapersky rescue disc and it told me my system has been cleaned (this
> > disc was made late 2011/early 2012 and it did an update prior to
> > scanning). If I run iceweasel after a reboot the ukash blocker shows up.
> > How can I get rid of this without 'blowing' away all the info on my HD
> > (primarily icedove mail).
>
> IIUC this is the thingy that doesn't allow to close a tab. When this
> happens for Firefox here, I kill Firefox and then start it again.
> Firefox usually asks, if the last session should be restored or not, so
> don't restore the killed session. If Firefox shouldn't ask but
> automatically restore the killed session, then it usually does work, to
> close the tabs, before the site is loaded. After this Firefox is ok
> again and can be closed and opened without issues.
>
> I usually do the same for sites that ask again and again, if you want to
> leave the page or if you want to stay. This crap is a PITA, even
> "reliable" web pages sometimes ask, if you are sure, that you want to
> leave their website. To ask isn't bad per se, but I never noticed this
> question, when it makes sense and it especially doesn't make sense to
> ask this questions 20 times, before you can leave.
PS: You also could delete iceweasel files only, or use a new profile and
ignore the old profile, or restore your last backup. You don't need to
wipe out all data on your HDD.
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