On Sat, 06 Jan 2018 18:41:14 +0000, Andy Blanchard wrote:
> On 6 January 2018 at 18:27, Beartooth <bearto...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Here's the accursed address it foists on me:
>>
>> http://search.hmyquickconverter.com/?uc=20171228&ad=appfocus1&source=d-
>> lp0-
>>
bb8&uid=911a5330-5a79-48c7-9194-5d37fac4d6cd&i_id=converter_100.3&page=newtab&
>
> That looks really sketchy. A quick Google indicates this domain is
> associated with a browser hijacker that is sometimes bundled with free
> software, so either you've been the victim of a drive-by attack or have
> installed some free tool that has installed it. I'd start by looking at
> what you have installed that isn't from the official Fedora repo.
For the first time in ages (but obviously not enough ages) I have
indeed installed two things that I did not use "dnf install" for, both of
them browsers. One was Iridium, and one was Qutebrowser.
I've just run "dnf remove." It got qutebrowser, but not Iridium;
it said it couldn't find it (with upper nor lower case I), and sure
enough, Iridium still launches from the browser drawer on my panel.
Can I be sure which (if either) was the problem? Is there a way
to remove Iridium??
> To reset Firefox's home page, "Options", "Preferences", select the
> "General" tab, the click "Restore to Default" in the Homepage section.
My Ffx homepage is http://start.fedoraproject.org/
> Alternatively, to reset all Firefox defaults, click on the 3-bar icon in
> the top right, select, "Help", "Troubleshooting Infomation", and finally
> "Refresh Firefox".
--
Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User
Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is.
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