Best Answer aaamusements, 27 February 2014 - 10:05 AM
This should now be fully resolved and is not expected to recur. However if you notice anything similar, please let us know as soon as possible with as much detail as you can, preferably screenshots. Thanks.
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 11:08 AM
I tried getting on to Fruit emu around 10pm last night and prior to been able to log on the page loaded up as this below!--
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 11:46 AM
It definitely sounds like you have been infected with some hijack code. What did you use to scan your system with?
Not all virus checkers can spot these type of malicious infections.
Posted 04 December 2013 - 11:48 AM
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 05:04 PM
Is there anything weird in your hosts file "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\" that is causing the redirect?
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 05:10 PM
Mines ok both lappy last night and phone now. Logged on as normal goes straight to hone page as normal, I never click the logo at top, talking about the home page any chance of that Xmas theme again, brighten the place up a bit
Yes Vecs the FME Crimbo Banner.
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 09:50 PM
this happened exactly to me a few months back, and somebody on here gave me the advice to fix it. basically its an addon that had implanted itself into your prowser as an extension. simply remove/disable the extension.
I will never finish in FME here!
Posted 04 December 2013 - 09:50 PM
If this is a highjack code or a virus, I was told that apple devices never get viruses. is this true? If not I need to fork out on a good piece of antivirus software. Any recommendations? Lappy uses the latest version of Microsoft seccurity centre.
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 09:54 PM
Is there anything weird in your hosts file "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\" that is causing the redirect?
What should I look out for in the drivers?
Only had this start yesterday evening.
I have windows defender and all ok with no detections,viruses etc!!
Jay
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 09:56 PM
this happened exactly to me a few months back, and somebody on here gave me the advice to fix it. basically its an addon that had implanted itself into your prowser as an extension. simply remove/disable the extension.
This explains things.
Keep getting a yellow A next to my search icons!
So how do I remove /disable the extension??
Cheers
Jay
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 10:36 PM
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 10:54 PM
Yeh I got the same today.. Tinyurl when coming from google. Maybe the Seo is f***ed
Good to know im not alone with this issue-lol.
Jay
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Posted 05 December 2013 - 02:21 AM
If this is a highjack code or a virus, I was told that apple devices never get viruses. is this true? If not I need to fork out on a good piece of antivirus software. Any recommendations? Lappy uses the latest version of Microsoft seccurity centre.
Anything that runs computer code, has some degree of risk of being infected with malicious code, and Mac's are no exception!
Don't be fooled at all in to thinking because it''s generaly unheard of a mac not getting hijacked, a virus etc, that it's immune, because it's not.
There are common vectors in which nasty scripts etc can get in, like via web browsers, adobe flash (Not generaly a problem on mac's as Apple has killed pretty much all support for flash now), Oracle Java, codec's for audio / video, etc.
Same can happen with websites too, hence why it's best pratice to keep on top of updates.
I'll flag this thread to the mod's area, so any of the staff with full admin access can keep tabs with what is going off, because more than one person is reporting the same / similar issues.
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Posted 05 December 2013 - 11:25 AM
i just got it as well mangeerd to find the froum bit and it went
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Posted 05 December 2013 - 01:53 PM
Anything that runs computer code, has some degree of risk of being infected with malicious code, and Mac's are no exception!
Don't be fooled at all in to thinking because it''s generaly unheard of a mac not getting hijacked, a virus etc, that it's immune, because it's not.
There are common vectors in which nasty scripts etc can get in, like via web browsers, adobe flash (Not generaly a problem on mac's as Apple has killed pretty much all support for flash now), Oracle Java, codec's for audio / video, etc.
Same can happen with websites too, hence why it's best pratice to keep on top of updates.
I'll flag this thread to the mod's area, so any of the staff with full admin access can keep tabs with what is going off, because more than one person is reporting the same / similar issues.
Many thanks for the feed back Stan and flaging this issue.
I am still today getting the same dodgy web page come up.!
Alas have ran several full scans and no problems/issues detected.
Jy
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Posted 05 December 2013 - 02:15 PM
Did this on my android phone today. Simply pressing back and clicking onto the webpage again sorted it. I am pretty sure with the amount of people getting it, its something to do with the server itself rather than everyone being hijacked?
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Posted 05 December 2013 - 05:48 PM
Did this on my android phone today. Simply pressing back and clicking onto the webpage again sorted it. I am pretty sure with the amount of people getting it, its something to do with the server itself rather than everyone being hijacked?
I'm hoping this is not the case, but it is beginning to look like it could very well be.
Strangly, I have yet to experence this issue, though I do use a bookmark that takes me directaly to unread posts, rather than go through the main site URL
Would suggest to folks who are having issues, to try using the following URL, and report back with what you see etc.
Don't worry if you are not already signed in, as you will still be able to sign in via the URL.
http://www.fruit-emu...arch_app=forums
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Posted 05 December 2013 - 07:23 PM
Does this quite often on my work pc and home pc, both are regular checked for malware and viruses.
J
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Posted 05 December 2013 - 07:36 PM
Thanks for the feedback and flagging this issue Stanmarsh14, I am doing regular checks for software updates when I can get my hands on my Mac which is when I'm home! Does this apply to the iPhones and iPads as well? I don't seem to get any problem, probably because I haven't signed out and I have the fruit-emu portal set as my home page. If I return here from Youtube it seems to be OK as well. Kind regards, Tom. PS hope all of you are in the Crimbo spirit! Just purchased Now That's What I Call Xmas on iTunes.
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