Having issue access Head-fi
Oct 28, 2016 at 2:40 PM Post #2 of 17
midnightwalker said:
  Hi,
 
Does everyone have issue accessing Head-fi? Everytime I got into Head-fi, my browser redirects me to the below link:
hxxp://findingresult.com/?pid=9PO98WX17&dn=visualdna.com&rpid=9PO160YOL
 
It happens when I go to Head-fi only. 
 
Thanks!
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That looks to me like your browser has been hijacked by a virus, trojan, or similar.
 
 
It might be worth you trying an online virus scan, such as:
 
http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/support/tools_homeusers.htm
 
 
(make sure you don't have illegal files on your hard drive, if you are running an online scan).
 
Oct 28, 2016 at 2:44 PM Post #3 of 17
Also see:
 
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/uk/home/current/solutions/kb20100811171926EN_EndUserProfile_en_us
 
Oct 28, 2016 at 2:52 PM Post #4 of 17
mython said:
   
 
That looks to me like your browser has been hijacked by a virus, trojan, or similar.
 
 
It might be worth you trying an online virus scan, such as:
 
http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/support/tools_homeusers.htm
 
 
(make sure you don't have illegal files on your hard drive, if you are running an online scan).
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Thanks for the info! It looks like the kids have downloaded and installed some Roblox stuffs that compromised the PC. I ran "hijackthis" and was able to delete some entries caused the issue. Everything is working fine now.
 
Oct 28, 2016 at 3:07 PM Post #5 of 17
Glad you got it sorted.
 
I don't know how computer-savvy you are, but if you can run Hijack this, I'm guessing you're pretty comfortable with a reasonable degree of software usage.
 
That being the case, there are a number of softwares available that can protect your PC, and, if you have kids installing dubious things without your awareness/permission, then a rollback-style software might be a good option for you, as it can reinstate a working configuration each time you reboot the computer.
 
Alternatively, you could run your computer browser within a sandboxed virtual environment.
 
And plenty of other options, too.
 
I run Comodo free internet security and it's very powerful - astonishingly powerful when one considers that it's free.
 
But it does need patience to configure correctly, so it's not for impatient people or total noobs/luddites...
 
Oct 28, 2016 at 4:12 PM Post #7 of 17
Maybe set your power settings to sleep or hibernate, after a chosen duration of time, then? (thus requiring password to be re-entered in order to resume using your account profile)
 
Oct 28, 2016 at 8:59 PM Post #9 of 17
hotice said:
One of the ads pushed by head-fi has some Javascript hijacking.
Just disable Javascript for *.head-fi.org
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I only had the problem with Chrome and Head-Fi (all other sites OK with Chrome, Head-Fi OK with Firefox) so I took your advice.
OK now - thanks
 
P.S. to disable Javascript for Head-Fi and chrome it's:

[*.]head-fi.org             block
 
Oct 28, 2016 at 9:02 PM Post #10 of 17
Ah, well I do use 'NoScript', which is a Firefox add-on / extension.
 
Head-fi is shamefully resource-heavy.
 
 
Still stand-by the earlier suggestions, too!
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Oct 28, 2016 at 9:11 PM Post #11 of 17
jimmers said:
I only had the problem with Chrome and Head-Fi (all other sites OK with Chrome, Head-Fi OK with Firefox) so I took your advice.
OK now - thanks
 
P.S. to disable Javascript for Head-Fi and chrome it's:

[*.]head-fi.org             block
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Note that you will lose some features, but I leave Javascript disabled anyways, as otherwise it's popup-a-palooza, and heavy.
 
Oct 29, 2016 at 1:03 AM Post #13 of 17

​Same problem. Redirect to findingresult.com on any head-fi.org page (and ONLY on head-fi-org).  Dislabiling java solves it, but makes many of the site functions onusable, so hopefully Head-fi will find the offending script and fix it.
 
Only on Chrome browser.
 
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