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Title: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: Happy1 on September 07, 2013, 11:25:28 PM
Somehow I rec'd this unwanted, uncalled blog on my PC.  I tried everything to get rid of it ie: Eset, Malware pgm, Windows Defender & various other virus/trojan pgms, all without any success!  This blog appears every time I logon.   Any advice as to how to get rid of this blight would be appreciated. TY.

     http://techblog4uonly.blogspot.com - Laura's Computing Blog
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: rpm on September 08, 2013, 12:28:10 AM
Yeah, like I'm going to click on that link... :confused:
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on September 08, 2013, 01:10:27 AM
Somehow I rec'd this unwanted, uncalled blog on my PC.  I tried everything to get rid of it ie: Eset, Malware pgm, Windows Defender & various other virus/trojan pgms, all without any success!  This blog appears every time I logon.   Any advice as to how to get rid of this blight would be appreciated. TY.

     http://techblog4uonly.blogspot.com - Laura's Computing Blog


That blog has a base64 encoded 'background image' URL which indicate it may in deed be hacked. This is just from a quick look though. As to how it appeared on your computer I can't say much :)
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: guncrasher on September 08, 2013, 01:17:05 AM
one word of advice dont ever post a link to a known hack or virus web sight.  easy way to get banned.

semp
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: Happy1 on September 08, 2013, 02:53:59 AM
Thx very much for ur prompt reply to my query, I'm still very much puzzled as to how I got this blog!?

rpm,,I didn't mean to send a virus or what have u to you, I'm seeking
answers to how to get rid of it
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: rpm on September 08, 2013, 03:12:24 AM
rpm,,I didn't mean to send a virus or what have u to you, I'm seeking
answers to how to get rid of it
I understand. I was just yanking your chain a bit. Why would I intentionally click on a link to a known malware site? But thanks for the heads up. ;)
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on September 08, 2013, 06:31:45 AM
I understand. I was just yanking your chain a bit. Why would I intentionally click on a link to a known malware site? But thanks for the heads up. ;)

I clicked on the link and analysed the page source...  ;)

But I wouldn't recommend anyone with windows to do the same though!
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on September 08, 2013, 06:33:36 AM
Thx very much for ur prompt reply to my query, I'm still very much puzzled as to how I got this blog!?

rpm,,I didn't mean to send a virus or what have u to you, I'm seeking
answers to how to get rid of it

When you say it appears on login, you mean your browser automatically opens with the blog or what?
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: Maverick on September 08, 2013, 11:29:21 AM
Not trying to be simplistic or sarcastic, have you tried changing your home page yet?
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: Bizman on September 08, 2013, 12:42:41 PM
You didn't tell which browser you're using, but this Laura's blog has been under discussion on Firefox forums for all the summer: http://support.mozilla.org/fi/questions/960050 (http://support.mozilla.org/fi/questions/960050)
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: DaCoon on September 09, 2013, 04:16:37 PM
have you tried restoring your computer to a time when it didn't exist?
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: Happy1 on September 10, 2013, 03:27:41 PM
To every1 responding to my query I send my gratitude, tried ALL of ur suggestions, unfortunately this blog kept reappearing in the background & occupying the top 2" of my screen upon login.

 Bizman, ty much for the url , tried it, did it wth no positive results!

Finally GOT RID OF THE BLOG by switching from Firefox to Palemoon with all of my info successfully migrated to Palemoon.

Once again thank you folks for ur assistance.

 :cheers: :banana:
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: Bizman on September 11, 2013, 11:06:44 AM
To every1 responding to my query I send my gratitude, tried ALL of ur suggestions, unfortunately this blog kept reappearing in the background & occupying the top 2" of my screen upon login.

 Bizman, ty much for the url , tried it, did it with no positive results!
Exactly what did you do? There were many things suggested on the site, starting with updating. My bet would have been resetting Firefox, now that I learned that was your browser. If the problem had continued, taking a close look to add-ons would have been on the list. If that wouldn't have revealed the culprit, typing "about:config" and searching for "Laura" and other keywords would've been next on the list, resetting the values to default for anything found. Wouldn't hurt to do it although you've found a workaround type of a solution. After all, PaleMoon is basically a modified version of Firefox so it might get plagued by similar things.

Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: Happy1 on September 11, 2013, 05:50:25 PM
Thx Bizman  :) ur advice well appreciated & has been noted for work to be done in the very near future.   Prior to change over to Palemoon, I did check all add-ons, the errant site "techblog4u only, Laura & Adblocker for
proper entries.

Likewise accessed Tools>options>content>exceptions ... everything seemed ok.

 :cheers:
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: CAP1 on September 11, 2013, 10:02:46 PM
have you tried restoring your computer to a time when it didn't exist?

 if he restored his computer to a time when it didn't exist.....wouldn't that mean that he'd now have no computer?  :bolt:
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on September 12, 2013, 05:55:29 AM
if he restored his computer to a time when it didn't exist.....wouldn't that mean that he'd now have no computer?  :bolt:

Yep, now he will get the excitement of getting a new computer all over again.
Title: Re: Unwanted Blog - Trojan?
Post by: Meatwad on September 12, 2013, 07:07:13 AM
How is he going to get the 1.21 gigawatts needed to send it back