Page Diversion Problems

iCurl · 09-18-2008, 06:30 AM

I am using Firefox 3 on a Mac OS X operating system and everything runs smoothly apart from the fact that I sometimes get page diversion to adverts or alternative pages. This occures whenever I go on the website http://digg.com and also when I click on (an average of) 1 in 4 search results in Google. The Google site goes first to a "redirect site" then a couple of other URLs before taking me to a random alternative search bar with adverts. This means that when I click "back" it just reloads the page instead of taking me back to google (if I hold down on back i can select google again). Digg.com is totally screwed up, in that I cant get to any part of it, no matter what part of the site I try, it always gos to xpsecuritycenter.com (which I have found is a malicious program). It minimizes my firefox window and tries to get me to download it, I cancel and close the page, but even if I reload, I can't get on digg.com and some other websites.

I have an application for firefox called AdStop plus, which successfully gets rid of all advert banners on the web, and is extremely useful. I am not sure if this is the problem, because it only happens on specific websites.

Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks

judithsoal · 11-09-2008, 05:31 AM

I have this problem too. When I click on a link from a Google search it takes me through to advert pages. Please can someone help? I'm on Mac OS X using Firefox

Riskyone101 · 11-09-2008, 08:06 AM

Download Hijackthis and install it from here:

http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products...ces/index.html

and RSIT.exe here:

http://www.prevx.com/filenames/40424...RSIT2EEXE.html

please run these 2 and post them to techsupport.

09-18-2008, 06:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
iCurl Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Mac OS X	Page Diversion Problems I am using Firefox 3 on a Mac OS X operating system and everything runs smoothly apart from the fact that I sometimes get page diversion to adverts or alternative pages. This occures whenever I go on the website http://digg.com and also when I click on (an average of) 1 in 4 search results in Google. The Google site goes first to a "redirect site" then a couple of other URLs before taking me to a random alternative search bar with adverts. This means that when I click "back" it just reloads the page instead of taking me back to google (if I hold down on back i can select google again). Digg.com is totally screwed up, in that I cant get to any part of it, no matter what part of the site I try, it always gos to xpsecuritycenter.com (which I have found is a malicious program). It minimizes my firefox window and tries to get me to download it, I cancel and close the page, but even if I reload, I can't get on digg.com and some other websites. I have an application for firefox called AdStop plus, which successfully gets rid of all advert banners on the web, and is extremely useful. I am not sure if this is the problem, because it only happens on specific websites. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks

11-09-2008, 05:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
judithsoal Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Mac OS X	Re: Page Diversion Problems I have this problem too. When I click on a link from a Google search it takes me through to advert pages. Please can someone help? I'm on Mac OS X using Firefox

11-09-2008, 08:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Page Diversion Problems Download Hijackthis and install it from here: http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products...ces/index.html and RSIT.exe here: http://www.prevx.com/filenames/40424...RSIT2EEXE.html please run these 2 and post them to techsupport.