ActiveX FFox Hijack
 

Deb Etch/KDE/Iceweasel
Stand alone DT

I've been unable to stop/interdict the following message in my Iceweasel Browser, even after restarts. I didn't get any warning that it might be an unsafe site: I was looking for instances of allergic responses to certain cosmetics. i.e., "Body Shop" scented oils for the bathroom.

"The page @ http://the moviesite.com says:
Video ActiveX Object Error. Your browser cannot play this image file. Click [OK] to download and install missing ActiveX Object".

It seems to be trying to access:
http://82.103.87.14/download/502/919/0/

How do I 'kill' this connection without downloading it?

The Icedove (Firefox) pid is 3951 "firefox-bin".
Do I just enter "# kill 3951" as root? Or is there a more appropriate command?

Happy trails,

r

That themoviesite.com site looks to me like some wannabe-cybersquatter's site. You can sort of tell just by looking at it, but additionally - at the time of this post - Google doesn't show any links to it, and SiteAdvisor doesn't have it in its database. Also, the coding really sucks.

Yeah, if you browser froze or something, you could kill it. But you don't need to be root for this. Just issue the kill+PID command as the user which the browser is running as. I typically just do a:(I had to do this frequently when using older versions of the Flash plugin.)

PS: I didn't get any prompts like that when I went to the site, but I've got NoScript enabled and have no plans on disabling it for a site like that.

Win32;

Thanks a bunch. That's the first time I've encountered this kind of installation imperative in linux. Some of the reading I did prior to posting suggests this is beginning to occur more frequently.

I'm not sure just which entry I clicked on in google, but the search involved "Allergic Reactions Doxycycline". Funny place to stick a tick; but then these goofs will do what they will.

Happy New Year;

r