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Help, My Browser Got Hijacked! What is Web Browser Hijacking? If your Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox browser suddenly behaves in unexpected or undesirable ways, it may have been hijacked. Browser hijacking is usually an attack by malicious software that changes your Web browser's settings. Some users who have been hijacked report popups or having searches redirected to pages for online casinos, weight loss products and even porn sites.

In other cases, the user's preferred search engine is changed without notice. Here are some symptoms that indicate you've been hijacked, and how to fix it.• Browser start page changed to an unwanted site• New toolbars, bookmarks, or desktop shortcuts that you did not add• Entering a website address and being taken to some other page instead• Your default search engine has been changed• Inability to access certain sites, particularly anti- malware sites that might help you• Your Internet security settings have been lowered without your knowledge• Endless pop- up ads for things you don't want to see• Sluggish computer response; malware often slows your whole system down. How does browser hijacking happen?

In some cases, the hijacking software is something you downloaded and installed, thinking it was beneficial. My article on Fake Anti- Virus and Celebrity Scams has details about how some people are being tricked into installing malware. Sometimes it's a result of unpatched software components that have been exploited by hackers to initiate a "drive- by download." See my related article about Drive- By Download Dangers to learn how to protect against those.

Do- It- Yourself Hijacking. A hijack is not necessarily malevolent, some are just annoying. One example in this category is the Ask.

This falls into the category of what I call Do- It- Yourself Hijacking. The most common reason why people get unwanted toolbars and other parasites is because they're not careful when installing a new program. It's tempting to just click "next- next- next" after downloading, in order to get through the installation process. But if you look carefully, there's often a pre- checked box, asking if you want to install some other unrelated program or toolbar.

These are usually more annoying than harmful, but sometimes are hard to remove. Software such as Conduit and Babylon toolbar fall into this category. Even if there's no malware, per se, you're still better off getting rid of these unwanted browser pests. My article Downloading? Watch Out For These Danger Signs explains why previously trustworthy sites such as CNET's Download. Tucows are now landmines to be avoided. Getting Back to Good.

If you believe your browser has been hijacked, shut down your browser immediately. If you cannot close the browser in the usual way, press Ctrl- Shift- Esc to access Windows Task Manager, highlight your browser's file name in the Processes column (iexplore.

Hijackers are one reason it is vital to have real- time anti- malware defenses in place at all times. If you're already running internet security software, obviously it didn't protect you from this particular menace. If the problem happened recently, System Restore may "undo" the problem and get you back to normal. If that doesn't do the trick, download one of these Free Anti- Virus Programs or another free anti- malware utility such as Malware.

Bytes Anti- Malware. Install the software and run a full scan on your system. Delete any suspected malware that it finds. Restart your computer, open your web browser and put things back in order. Review and reset your home page, security settings, privacy settings, etc.

Delete any unwanted favorites/bookmarks. Review the list of add- ons and uninstall any that look unfamiliar. But Wait.. There's More! You're not done yet. Hijacking malware also likes to mess with Windows registry settings, and may not uninstall cleanly. I recommend a free program called Privazer to scan your system and clean up any malware traces.

The HOSTS file is another favorite target of hijacking software. The HOSTS file contains pairs of host names and their associated IP addresses. When a host name listed in the HOSTS file is requested by your browser, Windows directs the request to the associated IP address instead of looking up the host name in the DNS system. Hijack software may add entries to the HOSTS file so that certain sites are blocked or redirected to unwanted sites. The HOSTS file is located at C: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM3. DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS and can be opened with Notepad or your favorite text editor. On Vista or Windows 7 you may need to open your text editor by right- clicking, then select "Run as Administrator".

Make sure the HOSTS file includes ONLY comments (lines that start with "#"). The only exceptions would be "1.

Delete unwanted entries and save the HOSTS file. To avoid browser hijacking, use real- time anti- malware defenses; don't give unknown websites permission to install software, toolbars, or Active. X controls; and keep your browser's security settings on medium or high level. Have you been hijacked?

Tell us how you fixed the problem, or prevented it from happening again. Post your comment or question below..

How To Stream Media/Internet on Your TV – For Free![This is part 2 of our 3- part series on how to save money with your cable, phone, and internet bills (while also FAILING at the same time). You can find part #1 here.]We’re back!

Last article we went over how to get home phone service for practically free by using Ooma, and this time around we’re tackling the heated Cable/TV part of the telecom trifecta. And just like with our home phone line, I unfortunately screwed myself multiple ways in this department too – one of which out of frugality itself!(See that big honkin’ TV up there? That’s ours. It’s large, paid off, 1. Except when it’s not and your hacking attempts go to $hit. Sigh…)Let’s start with why we were messing around with TV in the first place.

Plain and simple, we’re tired of paying $1. We still want all three parts in our lives (notice the “want” there and not “need” – except for the internet), we just know there are cheaper ways to go about it if you harness creativity and newfangled technology. So just like with our cell phones last month, and car insurance and home phone service this month, we set out to tackle the TV portion of this outrageous bill all in the spirit of challenging everything. And why do we still want cable TV?

Well, I’ll let my wife answer that part: “Do you know what it’s like to grow up as a kid without cable? You can’t take it away from me now that I have it – I love it! And you can tell your blogging friends that too.”That’s reason #1 : ) Obviously outside of my control, unless I fancy myself a divorce.

Reason #2 is that I too enjoy a handful of the offerings TV and premium channels serve up. I can live without them no doubt about it, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t enjoy my reality shows and HBO/Showtimes to catch some of my favorite series. Shows like Game of Thrones, Homeland, True Detective, The Leftovers, and more recently Ray Donovan.

My wife calls him my current man crush, and I wouldn’t totally disagree with her – Liev Schreiber is a bad ass now! Like the complete opposite of Cotton Weary from back in the old Scream days, haha…Anyways, the point is we’re not ready to get rid of TV’s luxuries all the way yet, but we are wanting to scale back and save some dough in the process.

Here was the plan on how to accomplish this. First, find a way to get Netflix/internet onto our TV like all other modern rock stars. I get the appeal of watching it on your laptop, but after 1. I want do when unwinding.

The second step – call up Verizon and simply ask them to cut channels out and lower our bill (Hah! As if it were that easy). We figured if we could find a way to substitute our shows/movies over time by using the internet instead of Verizon, we’d save a nice stash of cash like many of you are already doing and have the best of both worlds going on. Familieweekend Full Movie. Then, maybe, just maybe, my wife would be singing a new tune with those dollars in her pockets? How to stream internet to your TV, way #1. So off I went… I looked on Amazon for ways to hook up my TV to the internet, and came across a slew of options. There was Roku, Sungale, Apple TV, Amazon Fire and a ton more which I eventually got inundated with until I noticed that many Blu- ray DVD players now come with built- in wifi?

Who knew?! I had never heard of this as we never watch DVDs, but if you can stream the internet on it at the same time while saving that money I was ’bout it ’bout it. And since I thought you needed a DVD player to watch Netflix, it killed two birds with one stone. That was mistake #1 – you don’t need a DVD player necessarily – you can STREAM shows/movies through Netflix too! Oops.)So I looked around and landed on the highly rated Sony BDP- S5.

D Blu- ray that had built in Wi- Fi for $8. That was mistake #2. Not because it’s a bad product or anything (the reviews are great!), but because IT DIDN’T WORK WITH OUR TV! I just assumed it would because why wouldn’t it, right? Here’s our TV again in case you mysteriously missed it the first time: It’s large as $hit (6. HDTV surprisingly enough, but it never occurred to me that it had long met it’s prime w/ technology.

I of course knew it was ancient, but who looks at the  ports in the back when buying this stuff? How would I know it didn’t have the much- required HDMI hookup that’s apparently quite important with streaming and internet badassity?

I never thought twice, and because so paid a hefty penalty in both time and money w/ this lame hacking attempt of mine. Then there was mistake #3: waiting two months to open it up and try connecting everything. Meaning, I didn’t realize it wasn’t compatible until it was way too late to return it, thereby losing a cool $8. Of course, I can still hawk it and probably recoup most of that money since it retails for $1. Moving in the opposite direction here!

But wait for mistakes #4, #5, #6, and #7 first: I thought I could outwhit myself and find a way to jigger around different cords and contraptions to see if that would save this debacle. So first bought a coaxial cable to see if that would do the trick (the Blu- ray and my TV both had slots for it) but of course that didn’t work – you need HDMI! Then I picked up an HDMI cord (getting closer) and tried plugging that into the DVD player which also connected the cable box, which then connected to the TV. That’s gotta work right? Nope. I should have stopped there and ate the loss, but unfortunately I went on… I wondered if you could somehow up convert the old stuff into the new stuff, and came across a handful of reviews saying you could by buying a converter doo- hicky for those wanting to use new equipment with old TVS (like DVD players).

Exactly what I needed! So I tried my hand at that dropping another $2.

Mini HDMI to 3. RCA Composite AV Converter – along with the appropriate cables (another $5), and off I went to convert. That didn’t work either.

Though, I did muster up some resemblance of a conversion as I could at least then program the DVD player into the TV screen, however it was all pretty blurry and I managed to shrink the viewing size of the TV in half too. Damn. At the end of the day month, I was out another $5. So if anybody needs any…? And here is what we’ve learned so far: Do you research before picking up electronics! Don’t wait for forever to see if it works.

Hold onto your patient pants and don’t go dumping more money into something with a tiny % of working. Similar to gambling when you keep waiting for that next big chance to recoup your losses! This brings us to (the cheapest) way to stream stuff to your TV : )The kind folks at Republic Wireless mentioned they were having a deal going on where all new purchasers of their phones/service would be getting a free Google Chromecast thingamajig, and they asked if I wanted to try one out and then do a giveaway (Unfortunately the offer is now over BUT they say it’ll probably happen again – so watch for it : )).

At first I didn’t know what the hell it was, so I Googled it and found this: “Chromecast is a thumb- sized media streaming device that plugs into the HDMI port on your TV. Simply use an Android phone, tablet, i.

Phone®, i. Pad®, Mac or Windows laptop, or Chromebook to cast your favorite entertainment and apps right to the big screen.”“Hell yeah!” I said. I’ve been looking for a new way to stream internet on my TV cuz my dang Blu- ray sucks balls. Send me one to test and then I’ll give one away too!”But I quickly notice the “plugs into the HDMI port” part again, ugh… Yet another time my awesome TV screws me! Why can’t I just be like everyone else and splurge on a huge (new) flat screen??

It would solve all my problems!!! I once again tried attaching it to my frankenstein concoction of cords I’ve since built in the hopes of capturing that miracle all gamblers hold on to, but yet again no dice (see what I did there?).

It then occurred to me that – crap! I actually HAD a newer TV I picked up while pimping out my blogger lair a few years back! Maybe I could try that??