On 01/06/2018 02:09 PM, Beartooth wrote:
> 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".
> 

rpm -qa |grep -i iridium

will give you the name of the rpm from which it was installed.

-- 
-- Steve
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