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according to alot of info on the apple forums, MacKeeper is not a good idea. Just passing along the info.....

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3036

There are other links in the apple forums on the RHS of the page with more info...

Appreciate you sharing...

Kennypowers - sure that link u sent was valid?? - I saw suggestions on it to download MacDefender or MacKeeper, which is apparently malware also.

You might have also installed some more malware now too?

Anyone else care to add their two cents. Just like other info on the internet, its sometimes tricky to decipher what's legit.

Thx

Im running Mac OSX 10.6.8 and use both Firefox and Chrome. Only ever had the problem in Firefox.

I haven't experienced the problem since Wednesday Sept 25th night after doing the following

1. Clearing the cache, deleting my history and cookies.

2. Disabling Java, I had it enabled for a Dlink Camera

As with previous threads I only experienced this on my most visited sites, news.bbc.co.uk and Telegraph.co.uk, some google results too.

Although the list was starting to grow after a while.

I didn't block any sites. There does seem to be some visit frequency/cookie connection to the behavior IMHO.

I guess we gotta wait and see if anything else was installed? Kaspersky scanning didn't show anything, but if there is other malware, it might be too new for Kaspersky to know about.

Of course, I have no backups of my Mac(yeah, I know) although I have all the files I need copied and safe. So aside from doing a restore, which I don't have and further investigation, will wait and see what we all turn up?

Thread so far has been invaluable - thx.

Will try clearing the cache etc...but surely this only fixes the symptom and not the illness, which if like parking.ps, will include all sorts of potential malware files already installed as part of this problem?

Update: Clearing the cache worked. ****But again is this the only problem from this malware?

Yeah started to get this also today. Have been in Thailand for a few days only. Seems to happen only in Firefox (running version 24.0), not in Chrome so far. Only happens on a few of my frequently browsed news sites (bbc, Telegraph), but the list is growing seemingly. Perhaps its updating a list of redirects somewhere?

Using a MacBook Air. OSX 10.6.8

Very odd, annoying and running Kaspersky now and will do malwarebytes and everything afterwards. Will post back if I find out anymore info.