On Sat, 06 Jan 2018 18:41:14 +0000, Andy Blanchard wrote: > On 6 January 2018 at 18:27, Beartooth <Beartooth@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
