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Malicious website, now computer acting weird - help please

I was looking for "see through" fireplaces and searched on google. This led me to a website which is (DO NOT CONNECT please): "picadezign.com/indzh/show.php?pg=236368 *368" which supposedly showed photos of these fireplaces. This was a connection to a malicious website that started scanning my computer for viruses without my permission. I first tried to shut down safari, then turn the computer off using the power button but no surprise no luck. So I unplugged the computer and closed the lid and removed the battery. Turned it on again and it went straight to the website again (no login screen). So I unplugged the computer, closed the lid, removed the battery and unplugged the WiFi. Waited and then turned on everything again. This time, computer turned on but safari and mail would not connect to the internet. Turned everything off again, then on again and things seemed fine, the internet connected etc.
Then I went out of the room and the computer went to sleep with the lid open. But it would no longer wake up from sleep regardless of what I did. So I turned it on and off using the power button and it seemed to work.
I repaired permissions though this is not the problem. Any other housekeeping/fixing ideas? Also, who can I report the bad website to (there was no warning on either Yahoo search or Google search that it was malicious).

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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Safari 4.0.4

Posted on Mar 10, 2010 6:36 PM

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Posted on Mar 10, 2010 7:28 PM

HI Anne,

Check Safari cookies. From the Safari Menu Bar click Safari/Preferences and select the Security tab.
Click the Show Cookies button. If you see a cookie similar to the "picadezign.com..." just delete it.

Go here to report a site that may contain malware. http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/

As long as your Mac is running ok I wouldn't worry. There are no Mac viruses in the wild.










Carolyn 🙂
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Mar 10, 2010 7:28 PM in response to Anne Khan

HI Anne,

Check Safari cookies. From the Safari Menu Bar click Safari/Preferences and select the Security tab.
Click the Show Cookies button. If you see a cookie similar to the "picadezign.com..." just delete it.

Go here to report a site that may contain malware. http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/

As long as your Mac is running ok I wouldn't worry. There are no Mac viruses in the wild.










Carolyn 🙂

Mar 10, 2010 11:19 PM in response to Anne Khan

Hi Anne

as Carolyn says, despite the scare, I wouldn't worry...

the website has been hacked, a relatively common thing, regrettably. Some website hosting software & older wordpress blog installations are fairly easily compromised, then often the hacked site will contain an oddly named directory like 'indzh' in this case, and a bunch of webpages which can show up on search pages, yet actually link to all sorts of malware.

Unless you clicked to install something, or downloaded an app & ran it... it's very very unlikely that anything has been done to your mac, beyond some extra cookies & the Adobe Flash equivalent of them.

Malicious website, now computer acting weird - help please

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