Personally, I'd like to see this discussion continued somewhere more appropriate to the subject matter. It has nothing remotely to do with Livecode.
Pete lcSQL Software On Sep 6, 2014 9:26 PM, "JB" <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: > If my DNS was changed the bank would not recognize me > and they would never have let me log in without explaining > why I have a different DNS and would tell me that was the > problem. They are not idiots and don’t allow people to use > my account with another DNS and that includes me. > > John Balgenorth > > > On Sep 6, 2014, at 9:25 PM, Jerry Jensen <j...@jhj.com> wrote: > > > On Sep 6, 2014, at 8:45 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> > wrote: > > > >> On 9/6/2014, 6:53 PM, JB wrote: > >>> I would like to clarify the part about the attack from MacKeeper > >>> preventing me from accessing my bank account. I mentioned > >>> that I was also taken to MacKeeper instead of the websites I > >>> wanted to go to. > >>> > >>> The attempt to go to other websites was done from my home > >>> page which was Google. > >>> > >>> The attempt to access my bank account was done from my > >>> banks web site which is Bank of America. I would click the > >>> button to sign in and instead of taking me to the next sign in > >>> step I would see advertisements preventing me from logging > >>> into my account. > >> > >> This sounds much like a DNS changer trojan. It redirects your internet > browsing to other fake sites, usually to scrape your passwords and login > data. Neither Google or your bank would be the culprit; instead something > would have changed the DNS settings on your computer. > >> > >> MacKeeper is probaby not the problem. It's gotten a bad rap from some > users but authorities say it's legitimate and does what it's supposed to. > MacDefender, however, is malware and is sometimes confused with MacKeeper. > There is other similar malware out there too. If you have kept up with > system updates, OS X has a built-in security scan that eliminates > MacDefender, but you may have contracted something else. > >> > >> The main point here is that the web sites you visited aren't the > problem. The problem is more likely on your computer, and it sounds like > something is redirecting your web browsing to other look-alike sites. > > > > I concur with Jacque about this likely being a DNS changer trojan. I > have seen a few cases where somebody was tricked into installing something > masquerading as something else. Typically something like "if you want to > see this, you have to install this new codec" or something like that. > > > > You should check with your ISP to see if the DNS server numbers on your > computer are the ones they supply. The cases I saw were not. On a mac, they > can be seen in the "Network" pane of "System Preferences". Click the > "Advanced" button, then the "DNS" tab at the top. > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
