Malware on my G5?
Hi. I'm having a chronically reoccurring problem w/ one of the sites that I use and I think it may be the result of
malware that has found its way onto my G5.
The site is myspace and I use it for my band's website. Things will be fine for a day or two, sometimes longer and then the problems will start again.
Here is what happens. I will bring up my myspace page and either one of the modules on the page will not display or takes forever to load. Or I will get a message saying Safari cannot connect to the myspace server or if it does come up, clicking on a link on the page which should allow me to navigate within my site will take me to an incorrect location (some other myspace website). *Eventually I am redirected to a "myspace profile" that appears to be a singles/adult oriented page. It is always the same page and once it comes up I am not able to go anywhere else within my site or myspace without being redirected back to this page.*
I have tried emptying the cache, deleting cookies, having a new "clean" cookies.plist file generated, repairing permissions, logging in from a different account, using a different browser and for a while, sometimes the problem seems to have gone away but it always comes back. *I have also tried using Little Snitch and denying connection to the host name of the page that I am being redirected to and for a while that seemed to work but no longer. In addition I've scanned my G5 using ClamXAV and nothing was found. I'm currently trying out MacScan 2.7 and scanning for spyware.*
Myspace is not able to help me and suggests that I have malware on my computer. Could ClamXAV be missing something that maybe a heavier duty program might find? I'm running OS X 10.4.11 on a dual 2.3 Ghz PowerPC G5. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions as to how I might proceed at this point I would be very grateful.
The site is myspace and I use it for my band's website. Things will be fine for a day or two, sometimes longer and then the problems will start again.
Here is what happens. I will bring up my myspace page and either one of the modules on the page will not display or takes forever to load. Or I will get a message saying Safari cannot connect to the myspace server or if it does come up, clicking on a link on the page which should allow me to navigate within my site will take me to an incorrect location (some other myspace website). *Eventually I am redirected to a "myspace profile" that appears to be a singles/adult oriented page. It is always the same page and once it comes up I am not able to go anywhere else within my site or myspace without being redirected back to this page.*
I have tried emptying the cache, deleting cookies, having a new "clean" cookies.plist file generated, repairing permissions, logging in from a different account, using a different browser and for a while, sometimes the problem seems to have gone away but it always comes back. *I have also tried using Little Snitch and denying connection to the host name of the page that I am being redirected to and for a while that seemed to work but no longer. In addition I've scanned my G5 using ClamXAV and nothing was found. I'm currently trying out MacScan 2.7 and scanning for spyware.*
Myspace is not able to help me and suggests that I have malware on my computer. Could ClamXAV be missing something that maybe a heavier duty program might find? I'm running OS X 10.4.11 on a dual 2.3 Ghz PowerPC G5. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions as to how I might proceed at this point I would be very grateful.
