Google / Wellaction / Trojan / Virus / Browser / Redirect / Hijack for Mac
Hey all
I am on a Mac OS X 10.5.8 and have been plagued with this thing for better than a week now, and there is NOTHING definitive about this beastie out there (for macs anyway). It doesn't show up on ClamXav or MacScan, and resetting your browsers and/or routers didn't do the trick for me.
HOWEVER, after tearing my hair out I deduced that since it sporadically affects other devices in my house, including my iPhone, that it is indeed a ROUTER ISSUE (though the techies at Verizon/Fios were clueless, of course), that's tied into your DNS settings.
Easiest solution?
Use OpenDNS (
http://opendns.com), which may very well speed up your browser and add some security anyway. It's free and (relatively) intuitive to install (after opening an account and establishing a network be sure to set your DNS settings to OpenDNS's (System Preferences/Network/Advanced/DNS, then hit the plus sign and add 208.67.222.222, then hit the plus sign again and enter 208.67.220.220, click apply on the main network page and the restart). The getting started FAQ is here:
http://www.opendns.com/support/article/251.
Bottom line? After a week of failed attempts at squashing this thing, switching to OpenDNS did the trick immediately.
Hope this helps!!