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Old 12-12-2016, 10:33 AM   #1
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Hi guys
When I click Ford Forums from google every second time produces a redirection to fileshack?

Is this a site sponsorship initiative or has something gone wrong?
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Old 12-12-2016, 11:56 AM   #2
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I am getting this result from google as well
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Old 12-12-2016, 11:59 AM   #3
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When I click Ford Forums from google every second time produces a redirection to fileshack?

Is this a site sponsorship initiative or has something gone wrong?
It's probably the link being shown from the google search. What search times are you using to search for this site and what link is displayed when you hover above the link?

I assume when you enter fordforums.com.au directly into the address bar it is ok?
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HMMM, maybe they're not all false positives.
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HMMM, maybe they're not all false positives.
What is the rest of the url for that threat. Looks like the misc.php handles smilies amongst other things
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What is the rest of the url for that threat. Looks like the misc.php handles smilies amongst other things
Sorry that's all I've got.
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Old 12-12-2016, 03:19 PM   #7
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It actually displays a missing plug in warning then has a link to a download. Next time it pops up I'll post the url
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Run Adwcleaner and junk removal tool
both from malwarebytes
also worth running malwarebytes (mbam)-
I was getting the ocassional filestore72.infor redirection being blocked by malwarebytes
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Here is the url it redirects to

http://filestore72.info/download.php?id=7a443ded
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http://filestore72.info/download.php?id=7a443ded
Is this from a google search or when you enter fordforums.com.au into you address bar.

I would be running a virus scan on your machine
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Is this from a google search or when you enter fordforums.com.au into you address bar.

I would be running a virus scan on your machine
I have the same thing happen maybe 1/3 of the time from a Google search. Happens on my PC and phone.
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Its from Google search

I run AV and have just run AsCleaner and I still get the same thing every second or third attempt
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Its from Google search

I run AV and have just run AsCleaner and I still get the same thing every second or third attempt
Ok, my first question was what was the search terms and before you click on the link what do you see when you over above the link?

ie What is the URL for the search result
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https://www.google.com.au/search?q=f...hrome&ie=UTF-8

url it links to is www.fordforums.com.au
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Yeah, ok. That's doesn't look great. Not sure what the story is with that.
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Got redirected again clicking a FordForums link via a Google search for brake pads and FordForums. Redirected to filestore72.info, IP: 66.199.231.59.

Closing the window and clicking the FordForums link again opens correctly.
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Any admins care to investigate?
It claims that it is trying to install a missing plug in but I'm super sceptical
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Any admins care to investigate?
It claims that it is trying to install a missing plug in but I'm super sceptical
Don't install any plugins. Can you screen shot the message you get?
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Did you run both Adwclean AND junkware removal tool (without anti virus turned on?)
What did it find? did you clean/remove the items it found or just close it down?
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There are heaps of websites that have this problem which relates to code inserted that redirects based on HTTP_REFERRER header. It doesn't happen in Bing or Yahoo for me so seems like it is only doing it on Google results.

In the network traffic the initiator to filestore72 is www.fordforums.com.au/misc.php?v=387&js=js:1

So I'd start with looking at that file for code looking at the referrer headers. Something admins will have to do though.
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