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 <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". > rpm -qa |grep -i iridium will give you the name of the rpm from which it was installed. -- -- Steve _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
