Errorsafe hijacking FT
Nov 13, 2006 | 2:35 am
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Errorsafe hijacking FT
Lately I have had a lot of problems with errorsafe ads (Symantec report) hijacking FT. Is there anything that the administrators can do to make those highly unethical and extremely annoying ads dissapear? Reading FT with ads is fine, but when the ad hijacks the browser and automatically takes me away from the FT site then it is going too far.
The symptom is that as I try to read a page at FT it suddenly changes to the errorsafe page where I am asked to install their program to "protect my computer" or something to that effect. Once there the only way to get back to where I was on FT seems to be to close the browser and hope that I dont get the errorsafe ad when I return.
The symptom is that as I try to read a page at FT it suddenly changes to the errorsafe page where I am asked to install their program to "protect my computer" or something to that effect. Once there the only way to get back to where I was on FT seems to be to close the browser and hope that I dont get the errorsafe ad when I return.
Nov 13, 2006 | 3:57 am
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Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
might using a browser other than IE help with that problem?
I could probably install some sort of adblocker or proxy or something like that, but it really seems to me like a serious website like FT should avoid associating with dubious companies like errorsafe.
Nov 13, 2006 | 4:53 am
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Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
How does it affect Linux?
Nov 13, 2006 | 11:22 am
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Originally Posted by Tim at WebFlyer
I haven't seen any of these ads is anyone else seeing them on the site? I won't rule out that they may be coming from FT, but if nobody else is getting the same ads might you have adware on your computer causing this?
Nov 13, 2006 | 12:47 pm
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Originally Posted by Deimos
I'm certain it is not caused by anything on my computer as I have seen it on four separate computers (two win XP with IE, two Gentoo Linux with Firefox). I guess that anyone subscribing to FT Premium would not see this, right?
Nov 13, 2006 | 2:40 pm
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While it may 'appear' that only FT is being hijacked, the OP may well find that just leaving a browser window open <about:blank> will eventually spawn an episode -- the Symantec tech & removal links are pretty clear.
It also wouldn't surprise me to imagine that this scumware is network-aware, & happily pokes itself at your LAN.
Looks like there's a few REAL (& free) removal suggestions via Google.
Good Luck
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It also wouldn't surprise me to imagine that this scumware is network-aware, & happily pokes itself at your LAN.
Looks like there's a few REAL (& free) removal suggestions via Google.
Good Luck
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Nov 14, 2006 | 4:27 am
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Originally Posted by Tim at WebFlyer
I haven't seen any of these ads is anyone else seeing them on the site? I won't rule out that they may be coming from FT, but if nobody else is getting the same ads might you have adware on your computer causing this?
For me this started only this week. The last time it happened I simply selected "Search" from the top bar and *pooh* Errorsafe warnings and pages appeared.
Nov 14, 2006 | 7:47 am
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Originally Posted by squawk7500
While it may 'appear' that only FT is being hijacked, the OP may well find that just leaving a browser window open <about:blank> will eventually spawn an episode -- the Symantec tech & removal links are pretty clear.
It also wouldn't surprise me to imagine that this scumware is network-aware, & happily pokes itself at your LAN.
Looks like there's a few REAL (& free) removal suggestions via Google.
Good Luck
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It also wouldn't surprise me to imagine that this scumware is network-aware, & happily pokes itself at your LAN.
Looks like there's a few REAL (& free) removal suggestions via Google.
Good Luck
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I am pretty sure that the errorsafe browser hijackings that I see are caused by one of the ads that (randomly?) appear on FT.
Nov 14, 2006 | 9:33 am
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Originally Posted by tsastor
Unfortunately I have to report that I have the same problem as deimos and on at least two different PC's. Errorsafe hijacks the window while browsing, even though not clicking any ads. AFAIK seems to be happening only when on FT.
For me this started only this week. The last time it happened I simply selected "Search" from the top bar and *pooh* Errorsafe warnings and pages appeared.
For me this started only this week. The last time it happened I simply selected "Search" from the top bar and *pooh* Errorsafe warnings and pages appeared.
I didn't even know that this forum existed but I was sure to find some posts.
Nov 14, 2006 | 9:58 am
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Error safe is a common spybot and may not be detected by all spyware removal software (especially the free ones 
) this is an excellent link for removal:
http://www.anti-spyware-101.com/remove-errorsafe/
) this is an excellent link for removal:http://www.anti-spyware-101.com/remove-errorsafe/