When browsing the web I sometimes click on links that open up a full-screen window behind my current one that takes me to an odd url like "search.gugle.com" or "googlesyndication.com" or something... It then goes to plain old Google. I don't know why it does this, but it has concerned me ever since the issue began. Links open and go to the pages and all, and I always X out of that window. It shouldn't be with preferences (I use Bing) and I was sure that Macs don't get malware...help?
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Google look-alikes opening in new window...Mac malware?
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Sounds like a simple pop-up or pop-under. It has nothing to do with your computer. Can you post a link where this happens?
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https://forums.macrumors.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
http://www.apple.com/
https://www.wellsfargo.com/
Need I name more? It's not a pop-up. (Thanks a bundle for replying, though!)
And the exact addresses it opens are "search.googlesyndication.com" and "search.gugle.com" and after a closer look, it opens Yahoo sometimes as well.
http://www.youtube.com/
http://www.apple.com/
https://www.wellsfargo.com/
Need I name more? It's not a pop-up. (Thanks a bundle for replying, though!)
And the exact addresses it opens are "search.googlesyndication.com" and "search.gugle.com" and after a closer look, it opens Yahoo sometimes as well.
Have you looked at your DNS settings in your browser or System Preferences > Network or in your router settings?
Mac google redirecting virus
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Mac google redirecting virus
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On that thread you linked to javacool worded it perfectly:
and after investigating my HOSTS file I've found a suspicious set of entries:
A bunch of Adobe things, but my problem occurred awhile before my brother got me Photoshop...any more help to remove this "copy cat server" as javacool called it? And I can't find a way to edit my HOSTS file even if I needed to!
PS: This is what the window that opens up behind mine looks like...it is like this until it loads either Yahoo! or Google...
and after investigating my HOSTS file I've found a suspicious set of entries:
A bunch of Adobe things, but my problem occurred awhile before my brother got me Photoshop...any more help to remove this "copy cat server" as javacool called it? And I can't find a way to edit my HOSTS file even if I needed to!
PS: This is what the window that opens up behind mine looks like...it is like this until it loads either Yahoo! or Google...
I'm starting to think that as well...So how do I remove these entries? And is this the source of my problems?
I don't see anything there that would cause the problems. I would check your network settings and see if there is a proxy installed or a third party Safari plugin.
It's Ethernet, obviously. Our router has too much traffic...we need an Airport Extreme! Any issues there?
Your DNS settings inside Mac OS X seem to be alright. What about your router's DNS settings?
Which one goes the modem connection in to? Can you connect to your router via browser?
Even though the following guide is for wireless routers, it applies to wired ones too: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wifihomenetworking/ht/access-routers.htm
I dont understand...sorry! Like I said, I can't do networks well. My modem goes into the wireless router, which has a cable that runs into the second wired router that splits into my iMac and the Xbox.
PS: Now it's opening random tabs from the "syndication" website that leads to scam pages...help?
By the pages it opens. It is redirecting web sites to these look-alikes but instead of Google or Yahoo! it is going to scam pages and sketchy, ad-filled "search engines"...I just think it's my computer, not the network.