Webpage Hijack?

- P u r p l 3 - · 02-17-2007, 10:27 AM

Hello everyone there, I'm not sure whether here is the thread that i should post my problem. Anyway, just give it a try.

My friend's blog is being redirected to other website whenever i try to visit the page. It happen once in a while. There are alot pop-ups also, even i succesfully get into its original blog. What may have happened behind the scene? It is possible for hackers to hack an url, and redirect it to other nasty webpages? If yes, what are solutions? The blog is hosted by blogspot.com.

I wish my question is clear. If not, just ask for more info.

Thanks in advance.

scottydont2841 · 02-17-2007, 03:03 PM

Hi purpl3,

Please follow these steps, it sounds like you have a browser Hijacker in which case you need to get rid of it, with Hijack this and the advice of the analysts.

FOLLOW THIS

- P u r p l 3 - · 02-17-2007, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottydont2841

Hi purpl3,

Please follow these steps, it sounds like you have a browser Hijacker in which case you need to get rid of it, with Hijack this and the advice of the analysts.

FOLLOW THIS

Thanks scotty for your advice. I have tested my friend's blog using other pc. It turns out the same. Should it be the problem of the webpage itself rather than my computer system? My pc is working pretty well for surfing websites except for my friend's blog, that is why i felt weird.

scottydont2841 · 02-17-2007, 11:14 PM

Oh i see. In that case yes, id say its to do with his blog site. Do you have a link I could try?

- P u r p l 3 - · 02-21-2007, 11:01 AM

Scotty, as you wish :

www.koonmiin.blogspot.com

Hope you could solve it out. Thanks

dorts · 02-22-2007, 01:44 AM

It looks fine to me. Seems to be the cbox which is displaying the popups. BTW, I can't see the posts with Firefox.

- P u r p l 3 - · 02-28-2007, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dorts

It looks fine to me. Seems to be the cbox which is displaying the popups. BTW, I can't see the posts with Firefox.

Any clearer idea of what is going on? I still encountered pop-ups after i tried to surf the page using my University's computers.

dorts · 02-28-2007, 04:44 AM

Cbox, which is the tagboard, displays pop-ups i think. All my friends, who are using Cbox also have pop-ups on their blogs.

I guess you can't do anything about it unless you change the tagboard host.

ianhyk · 06-19-2008, 06:09 AM

Hi there, I'm having a similar problem with cbox and blogger blogs. A few weeks ago I noticed my blog served up an ad whenever it loaded. I pinpointed the problem to cbox and have since changed my blog over to shoutbox, another tagboard service which works fine now.

But now whenever I load any other blog which has cbox tagboard installed, the pop-up ad will launch automatically and redirect me to the ad page. Also, if I leave a tag on the cbox and hit 'go', the same ad will also pop-up.

I'm using Safari to browse on a mac. Tried resetting safari, deleting my prefs plist, but the same ad keeps popping up on any blog with cbox. Surprisingly, this problem also affects another browser that I use, Camino, and also on my iPod touch Safari browser.

I don't think it's a virus or adware (are there any on mac?), and I also don't think it's just cbox doing their advertising, because this happens EVERYTIME I tag on a cbox and is annoying. I believe however that this problem is only peculiar to my machine because on other PCs the tagging goes on fine.

Maybe it's a form of malware, but it affects my iPod touch too and is there malware for the iPod??

02-17-2007, 10:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
- P u r p l 3 - Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Klang, Malaysia Posts: 134 OS: XP	Webpage Hijack? Hello everyone there, I'm not sure whether here is the thread that i should post my problem. Anyway, just give it a try. My friend's blog is being redirected to other website whenever i try to visit the page. It happen once in a while. There are alot pop-ups also, even i succesfully get into its original blog. What may have happened behind the scene? It is possible for hackers to hack an url, and redirect it to other nasty webpages? If yes, what are solutions? The blog is hosted by blogspot.com. I wish my question is clear. If not, just ask for more info. Thanks in advance. __________________ ANYONE USING LINUX SUSE 9.3 ?? Pls PM ME !! I WANT TO LEARN

02-21-2007, 11:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
- P u r p l 3 - Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Klang, Malaysia Posts: 134 OS: XP	Scotty, as you wish : www.koonmiin.blogspot.com Hope you could solve it out. Thanks __________________ ANYONE USING LINUX SUSE 9.3 ?? Pls PM ME !! I WANT TO LEARN

02-22-2007, 01:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
dorts Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,603 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	It looks fine to me. Seems to be the cbox which is displaying the popups. BTW, I can't see the posts with Firefox. __________________ If you think TSF have helped you, please kindly donate to TSF and help keep this site free to all.

02-28-2007, 04:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
dorts Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,603 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	Cbox, which is the tagboard, displays pop-ups i think. All my friends, who are using Cbox also have pop-ups on their blogs. I guess you can't do anything about it unless you change the tagboard host. __________________ If you think TSF have helped you, please kindly donate to TSF and help keep this site free to all.

06-19-2008, 06:09 AM	#9 (permalink)
ianhyk Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Mac OS X 10.4.11	Re: Webpage Hijack? Hi there, I'm having a similar problem with cbox and blogger blogs. A few weeks ago I noticed my blog served up an ad whenever it loaded. I pinpointed the problem to cbox and have since changed my blog over to shoutbox, another tagboard service which works fine now. But now whenever I load any other blog which has cbox tagboard installed, the pop-up ad will launch automatically and redirect me to the ad page. Also, if I leave a tag on the cbox and hit 'go', the same ad will also pop-up. I'm using Safari to browse on a mac. Tried resetting safari, deleting my prefs plist, but the same ad keeps popping up on any blog with cbox. Surprisingly, this problem also affects another browser that I use, Camino, and also on my iPod touch Safari browser. I don't think it's a virus or adware (are there any on mac?), and I also don't think it's just cbox doing their advertising, because this happens EVERYTIME I tag on a cbox and is annoying. I believe however that this problem is only peculiar to my machine because on other PCs the tagging goes on fine. Maybe it's a form of malware, but it affects my iPod touch too and is there malware for the iPod??

02-17-2007, 03:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
scottydont2841 Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England, UK. Posts: 1,205 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Hi purpl3, Please follow these steps, it sounds like you have a browser Hijacker in which case you need to get rid of it, with Hijack this and the advice of the analysts. FOLLOW THIS

02-17-2007, 11:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
scottydont2841 Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England, UK. Posts: 1,205 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Oh i see. In that case yes, id say its to do with his blog site. Do you have a link I could try?