Intrusive Website Loading
T Trimble
start Camino and sometimes when I switch to a new webpage. I've
blocked the cookies, but the site will still come up. It's Chinese and
the name is vonline.
Leonidas Jones
I did a search on vonline, and found a vonline.ca, which would not seem
to be your problem site. What is the url?
Is this really a Camino problem? Does this ever occur using Safari?
If this were Windows, I would suspect some kind of spyware/malware
infestation, but that would be very rare on a Mac.
You can take a look at MacScan. Its got a free trial, so you could
download it and run the scan to see.
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T Trimble
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. This is the actual url of
the intrusive site...
What's happening here is that when I open Camino (btw...I love this
browser...great job!), I have it configured to go to my Gmail login
page. As I enter my mail account page, it will jump to the intrusive
website, which I am told is a Chinese variation of a Google-type search
engine. When I use the "back" button, my mailbox page will appear.
Even though I'm using my Mac here (I'm teaching in China) and I know
the high level of security both of the OSX and Camino, I've got a
feeling that something just isn't right. Additionally, from time to
time when I am switching sites this page will load up. I will run the
program that you provided a link to, but I'm wondering if there is a
way to block this site from loading up. I've gone through the cookies
section and have removed and blocked cookies from the site however,
this does not seem to stop it from loading up every time I start up
Camino.
I've used Safari in the past, but would like to stay with you guys as I
have found Camino to be far superior for my needs.
I hope you can help me out with this, as I feel it would only benifit
customers in the future if this is a new method hackers are using to
enter the program.
Best regards,
Tim J. Trimble
Leonidas Jones
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information. Thank you for your consideration.
Thanks also for the additional information, it makes matters much
clearer. As I am sure you know better then I, internet access in China
can be an adventure.
My suggestion about trying Safari was not so much as to recommend it,
though its an excellent product, as it was to see if the problem is
endemic to your system, or if it is confined within Camino. Please give
it a try and let me know of the results. Actually, any non gecko browser
would do, IE Mac, or Opera, as well as Safari.
As far as blocking the site, the answer may well depend on whether its
system wide or confined to Camino.
Also what version of OSX are you running?
T Trimble
Also, I did utilize the spyware locating program you provided the link
to and everything came up clean. This problem has cropped up with some
other teachers, however they are usings windows machines with IE
browsers.
Once again, may I ask if there is a way to specifically block singular
sites using the Camino program?
Thanks so much for your time.
Tim J. Trimble
Leonidas Jones
So far as I know, there is not.
You could try using a hosts file:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
http://accs-net.com/hosts/hostsformac.html
Frobozz
> You could try using a hosts file:
> http://accs-net.com/hosts/hostsformac.html
actually, it seems Pyrenean there didn't mention just 'what' program we
would use to check against the Hosts file as his eDexter and DNS Kong
only work as .exe programs on PC's. And, ahhhheemmm, I wouldn't really
want to run a PC O/S on my Mac.
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