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Vrish

@Vr15h

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Posted: 10 years ago

#21

Vijay/Dev/Visrom

I've tried everything - changing my router password, resetting my modem and completely flushing the browser cache. Still hasn't worked - I keep getting, and when I copy or quote something here, random links come up. Example (copied from the by lu" style="color: rgb(220, 2, 2); text-decoration: none; left: auto; opacity: 1; top: auto; box-sizing: border-box !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; clear: none !important; display: inline-block !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; max-height: none !important; max-width: none !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; -webkit-transform: none !important; transform: none !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; visibility: visible !important; width: auto !important; word-wrap: break-word !important; zoom: 1 !important; z-index: auto !important; font-weight: 700 !important; background: 0px 0px !important;">NOTE

you have right of this box):

So kindly, refrain from creating an unhealthy atmosphere for all, and keep by lu" style="color: rgb(0, 109, 202); text-decoration: none; left: auto; opacity: 1; top: auto; box-sizing: border-box !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; clear: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; max-height: none !important; max-width: none !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; -webkit-transform: none !important; transform: none !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; visibility: visible !important; width: auto !important; word-wrap: break-word !important; zoom: 1 !important; z-index: auto !important; font-weight: 700 !important; background: 0px 0px !important;">YOUR comments constructive.

Edited by .Vrish. - 10 years ago

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Vrish

@Vr15h

Stunner

+ 6

Posted: 10 years ago

#22

=visrom]Ok, mine is an ADSL Modem + WiFi Router. I have a 2-in-one.

This is what I have.

https://www.dlink.co.in/products/?pid=452

So I am talking about only one device. If you have another system, then the one which has the DNS settings is to be reset.

I am not familiar with a separate router and modem set-up. []

Here, w/ both Time Warner Cable and now Charter, they give me a free modem (to be returned whenever I discontinue the service) and for router, they offer me the choice of renting theirs for a pretty high price or buying it from the market (which I did). Mine is a Netgear - forget the model.

Router separate from DSL modem or cable modem is what I'm familiar w/, although I do know that converged devices exist.

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visrom

@visrom

Stunner

+ 4

Posted: 10 years ago

#23

Vrish, open the modem or router using 192.168.1.1. There will be a DNS setting there. Check what it is.

Set it to 8.8.8.8, save. Go to the admin settings and change the admin password and restart the modem.

Then clear all your browser history, cache, cookies etc.

Try opening after all this.

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Vrish

@Vr15h

Stunner

+ 6

Posted: 10 years ago

#24

=visrom]Vrish, open the modem or router using 192.168.1.1. There will be a DNS setting there. what it is.

Set it to 8.8.8.8, save. Go to the admin settings and change the admin password and the modem.

Then clear all your browser history, cache, cookies etc.

Try opening after all this.

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Visrom

Tried it all again, but still didn't work. All browser cookies & cache was deleted, The DNS server was dynamic, but I made the first choice 8.8.8.8, and my 2 optional DNS choices as choice 2 & 3.

It's a weird problem, b'cos on the same computer, under different logins, I don't have this issue. However, under this login, I have it for IF and now, on other sites as well, like cricinfo. So it may just be this login being corrupted.

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visrom

@visrom

Stunner

+ 4

Posted: 10 years ago

#25

then it's a registry issue. Run regedit find that url in your registry and delete it. it happens if you unknowingly install toolbars like Ask which come along with some other software.

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Vrish

@Vr15h

Stunner

+ 6

Posted: 10 years ago

#26

Originally posted by: visrom
then it's a registry issue. Run regedit find that url in your registry and delete it. it happens if you unknowingly install toolbars like Ask which come along with some other software.

Uh, my OS is PC-BSD - a version of Unix. No registries here.

However, I do appreciate all your support 😊

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Mini

@iMini

Sparkler

+ 3

Posted: 10 years ago

#27

why the hell can't IF have HTTPS prefix? 😡
It's annoying!

Edited by iMini - 10 years ago

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Vrish

@Vr15h

Stunner

+ 6

Posted: 10 years ago

#28

My ultimate solution to this. I happen to use Ethernet rather than Wi-Fi for my laptop connection. So when this occurs, I just unplug my ethernet and all the tabs die. I close the offending tab and reconnect, and go to each tab that I have open, and the page comes live again. Not a satisfactory solution, but it will work.

IF doesn't use SSL? We are logged in via insecure http? 😲 IF should do this first - as well as IPv6 support - b4 going into big projects like the Responsive interface.

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Vrish

@Vr15h

Stunner

+ 6

Posted: 10 years ago

#29

Originally posted by: visrom
I would like to add something here.

I was facing the same issue a few days back. I would be on the home page of IF and then click a link and LO! an ad page would open and sometimes it would redirect me to Google Play store asking me to download an anti virus software ( called 360 degree or something). I would clear my history, cookies, run a complete anti-virus check (I have AVG anti virus on my mobile) Restart IF and the same problem would recur. This was surprising as I have pop up blocker on my browser.

Then I tried to dig deep into this. Normally when I click a link on IF it shouldn't take me to some other site. So, I thought that IF was hacked. But that wasn't the case as my laptop wasn't giving the problem. this was occurring only on my phone and tablet.

I being a tech savvy person realized that this was something to do with the DNS setting. On my laptop I have set it to 8.8.8.8, but I don't know how to set it on my phone.

I checked my modem's DNS setting and saw that it has been changed to something else, which I googled and found that it was located in Norway! I contacted my ISP and complained. They asked me to change the DNS setting on the modem. I did so and for 2 days it was fine, but after 2 days the same pop ups started coming up.

Then I realized that my Wi-Fi modem is hacked. (It's called DNS hijack - https://www.gohacking.com/dns-hijacking/) After some discussion with friends I came to know that if the default password on the Wi-Fi modem (admin, pw admin) is not changed and you leave the modem on 24x7 people do hack it.

I bought a new Wi-Fi modem and made sure I change the default password. Now I don't have any pop ups from IF or any other site.

I hope this helps! 😊

PS: after checking your modem, please clear all history from your device before using it again.

An update on this. I replaced my router yesterday. Previously, I had simply changed the password on my old router and the DNS address but nothing had changed. Yesterday, I turned in that router in Best Buy and got a replacement, and installed it. Today, I again got the said pop-up.

Also, this happens in one of my logins (I have different user accounts set up in my computer for different purposes) but not the others. In this login, only Chromium is affected but not FireFox

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Vijay Bhatter

@vijay

Admin

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Posted: 10 years ago

#30

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

An update on this. I replaced my router yesterday. Previously, I had simply changed the password on my old router and the DNS address but nothing had changed. Yesterday, I turned in that router in Best Buy and got a replacement, and installed it. Today, I again got the said pop-up.

Also, this happens in one of my logins (I have different user accounts set up in my computer for different purposes) but not the others. In this login, only Chromium is affected but not FireFox

It could possible be some Chrome Extensions which is causing this problem. Disable & Remove extensions which you cannot trust.

Regards