[Tfug] My Opera browser has malware
Christopher Robbins
robbinsc at gmail.com
Fri Jan 5 21:17:21 MST 2007
On 1/5/07, Christopher Robbins <robbinsc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That it does. It's like nuking from orbit though - only way to be sure...
> :)
>
> Alternatively, I suppose you could try something like ClamAV or AVG
> Anti-Virus for Linux (new to me, but available at
> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5)
>
> Another idea - move your profile folder to somewhere else (/tmp/foo or
> something like that). Move data back slowly (folder by folder), and start
> Opera to see where the malware is located. A bit tedious, but another
> option.
>
> -Chris
>
What about -
0.0.0.0 www.mediaplex.com
in your /etc/hosts?
--
Chris Robbins
Systems Programmer
Department of English - University of Arizona
http://www.homerengineeringcorp.net
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