Silly1here
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Q: Crossrider Malware?

Hello ~

I've never worried about viruses or malware on my Mac, but lately my computer has been acting kind of quirky - I get the spinning wheel a lot and have been having issues on numerous websites while using Firefox 32.0.3. So I tried some trouble-shooting within Firefox and found I was not able to delete cookies. That led me to instructions (for Firefox) to find my Profile Manager and delete certain user.js files including a pref.js file.  I found the file, but it won't delete, so then I opened it with text edit and noticed a bunch of lines in it that say 'Crossrider', which is apparently a type of virus??  I'm not sure it's really a virus or what to do about it if it is?  I greatly appreciate ANY help?  Thank you!

 

I copied and pasted some of the lines below

 

user_pref("extensions.crossrider.bic", "148f7b69a7db7159842440ff9d28f905");

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.InstallationTime", 1412905213);

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.MyEXT14917.Prefs_is_not_a_functio n", 6);

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.active", true);

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.addressbar", "NA");

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.addressbarenhanced", "");

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.asyncdb.was_copied", "true");

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.asyncdb_dbWasSet", true);

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.asyncdb_dbWasSet_FF25_FIX", true);

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.backgroundver", 6);

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.certdomaininstaller", "");

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.changeprevious", false);

user_pref("extensions.crossriderapp14917.14917.cookie.InstallationTime.expiratio n", "Fri

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), Actually 10.9.2

Posted on Oct 9, 2014 7:55 PM

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  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Oct 11, 2014 6:08 PM in response to Silly1here
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    Oct 11, 2014 6:08 PM in response to Silly1here

    Silly1here wrote:

     

    Is there a way I can mark 'This solved my question' for both of you???

     

    No, but it really doesn't matter. I don't care about the points; they really have no purpose, and that's not why I'm here anyway. I can't speak for Linc.

     

    My advice would be to consider what post would be most useful to someone else who finds this topic at some point in the future. That's really what the "solved" is most important for - helping others with similar problems determine which post solved the issue for you. You can also award two "helpfuls," which can help to identify other posts as helping towards the solution.

     

    Also, regarding the backups... keep in mind that you want to have a backup drive about three times the size of the data being backed up. So, if you have a 500 GB drive, but you've only filled it up to 150 GB and don't anticipate that growing significantly in the near future, you can do just fine with a backup drive that's 500 GB in size (150 GB x 3 = 450 GB). External drives that size aren't too expensive, unless you buy a solid state drive... traditional hard drives are much cheaper. You can get a good one for only $130 here:

     

    http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB

     

    However, I always recommend having a minimum of two separate backups! If you can't afford buying two drives now, get one backup started now, then get a second drive as soon as you can manage it.

  • by bkingbking,

    bkingbking bkingbking Dec 11, 2014 11:05 AM in response to Silly1here
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    Dec 11, 2014 11:05 AM in response to Silly1here

    Hi Linc et al,

     

    For what it's worth, most browser extensions built using the Crossrider framework are not nefarious*.  That said, there are questionable or outright malware extensions, some of which are built using Crossrider.

     

    *Full disclosure: My startup developed a browser extension using the Crossrider framework.  It's a free add-on to our subscription-based SaaS app, and is available in Apple's Safari Extensions Gallery and the Google's Chrome Web Store.  Note, I stumbled onto this discussion looking for something else.  Just wanted to make sure people don't automatically equate Crossrider with malware.


    Thanks!

    Bill


    I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

     

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