[geeks] MacBook5,1 problems

hike mh1272 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 22 18:01:01 CST 2014


That sounds like a browser hijack.  Here is a link with symptoms.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/resources/hijacking-whatis.aspx

That's what happened to me.  On Mac OS X.  The Mac wasn't infected but the
browser went haywire.

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> See below:
>
> Lionel
>
> > On Nov 22, 2014, at 4:54 PM, hike <mh1272 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > (1) Before you buy upgrades, verify that your MacBook will run the
> upgrades.
>
> I've confirmed to Mavericks, and that's good enough for now.
>
> > (2) What browser are you using.  I suffered a similar problems with
> > Firefox.
>
> Safari - can't access website to download Chrome/Firefox
>
> > I tried Chrome browser and Safari.  Neither had the problem.
> > Something had "hijacked" my browser but I don't remember what it was or
> > what I did to correct the problem.  Since many malware kind of hangs out
> > for a target, this may have happened to you.
> >
> > With my issues, I checked everything and the problem was limited to my
> > computer & browser. It was an easy fix as I recall.  Either deleting the
> > configuration file for Firefox or upgrading to a newer version.
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