Browser Issues and Redirects in Leopard

[Munitalp]

About a day after I installed Leopard I have begun getting redirected to numerous ad sites (adbaaz, addynamix, doubleclick, etc), I also cannot use Google Search because it displays "Error cannot load page, please contact server provider"... When I visit webpages my browser will never fully load - it always stops when like 35/36 items are loaded.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this?

Thanks!

 

[kresh]

Have you installed any codecs? There is a trojan masking as a codec for OS X that is making the rounds. It redirects your dns server.

Here is a good article to see about it: http://www.macworld.com/2007/10/firstlooks/trojanhorse/index.php

 

[S.Duhaime]

I had this happen to me too, I was able to clear it simply by resetting all cookies, cache, history, etc.

Give that a shot, and/or search for adabaaz.com in Google. You'll find several useful pages.

 

[Munitalp]

This is a really weird problem that I am still having... I've tried everything I can think of - I have cleared all cookies, content, caches, etc. After that didn't work I did a clean install with Leopard, and I get the same problem from the moment it finished the install. Nothing remains on the drive when performing a clean install with Leopard, right? I really dont understand how it can still be happening, I dont think its my network since I can login and browse fine with my PC laptop.

 

[S.Duhaime]

I don't think everything actually gets erased or overwritten when you do a "clean install", I think you'd have to do an erase and install.

Check your DNS server numbers, see if they match what your ISP suggests.

Also, check this site I found by googling adbaaz:

http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum7&Number=838361&Forum=&Words=&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=1week&Main=838361&Search=true

 

[Munitalp]

I don't think everything actually gets erased or overwritten when you do a "clean install", I think you'd have to do an erase and install.

Check your DNS server numbers, see if they match what your ISP suggests.

Also, check this site I found by googling adbaaz:

http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum7&Number=838361&Forum=&Words=&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=1week&Main=838361&Search=true

Thanks!