My Name Is Romance Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 A new tab opens up to a Google statistics page. It's a blank page but i don't know if this happens every now and again on CN because it hasn't happened to any of my other tabs/pages I've opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 I'm assuming this is the "View My Nation" link you're talking about. What's the URL that comes up when this happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Name Is Romance Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Yes. It just did it again, and it went through a couple various links before settling on http://www.kdirectory.co.uk/results.asp?qry=game%20that%20are%20free&rfid=lb0a1_60729-2139&bp=game%20that%20are%20free It went to Google stats then an analytics page then a third fourth fifth and then that page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 What happens in other browsers? Have you tried clearing cache & cookies? Also, do you have any browser extensions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Name Is Romance Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 It's done it on the forums here as well. I can try it on another browser i only have chrome, well i have IE but I've never used it. It doesn't happen every single time but Sporadically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I'd personally try both Firefox and Opera -- also do any 'other' sites also behave this way? Such things generally point to the cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivi Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 [quote name='My Name Is Romance' date='20 March 2010 - 08:28 PM' timestamp='1269134882' post='2231711'] It's done it on the forums here as well. [/quote] That sounds like it's something on your computer causing this to happen, then. I would make sure to run virus/malware scans as soon as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Name Is Romance Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 @ Sakura No other sites do it, i tried it on IE and it did the same. Actually just now as hitting reply it took me away to a new tab. @Vivi Running it now, half way through and nothing so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 If you have other computers, I would suggest using one of them to test (although, depending on your security habits, those other computers could be just as compromised as that one). Also, not all scanners detect all malware, and sometimes running malware can hide itself from said scanners. And that IE does it too strongly points to your computer/wherever it gets its DNS from being the issue. (More likely your computer.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Name Is Romance Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I don't have another computer, this is a brand new notebook like 3 months old. I ran a full computer scan for a few hours and nothing came up. It only happens with CN forums and game though. =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuzaki Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Clear out your cookies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RePePe Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 It's not Chrome. Have you tried a scanner such as MalwareBytes? (I hope I'm allowed to post that name. Don't know why I wouldn't be.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Name Is Romance Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 I cleared my cookies and ran multiple spyware malware antivirus scan. Ran every scan my anti-virsu software would let me run on every file. Still happens. It hasn't been bad yet so i don't feel like doing a system restore but until then i'll just continue Xing the little annoyance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerdge Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 (edited) I'm not a computer expert, thus take my suggestions with a grain of salt. However, I think that some malware hijacked your browsers. The threat can be serious and you should definitely consider tackling it as soon as possible. Do NOT do anything sensitive with that PC (e.g. Internet banking), and if at any rate possible use another safe computer (friends/work/whatever) to log in every important site that may have a compromised password, to change them. I suggest that you go to Major Geeks, read their [url=http://forums.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35]Malware Removal[/url] forum, starting (obviously) with their [url=http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407] READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide[/url]. Then post there for help. There are many sites like that and you can use another of your choosing/you're comfortable with/you've been suggested/etc. While you wait for an answer, use some online scan service. I've used [url=http://housecall.trendmicro.com/]Trend Micro's Housecall[/url] in the past, with good results. Another good idea would be to install and use Firefox, after having geared it with the most important security extension (starting with No Script). But this last thing can NOT substitute any of above. I hope this helps. Edited March 25, 2010 by jerdge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Name Is Romance Posted March 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Nothing was found, i doubt i'll switch to firefox never liked it. It hasn't happened today or yesterday so i guess it's ok now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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