Thanks Adam. I thought it was sorted but things have slipped again … :-( MalwareBytes found a OSX.Genieo or AdWare.Genio (can’t remember) which I removed and then restarted. It no longer finds anything but the DNS addresses are still getting changed on the router.
I’ll keep people updated in case it has any relevance to any others. Cheers, Stephen "We have only two modes - complacency and panic." - James R. Schlesinger, the first US energy secretary, in 1977, on the country's approach to energy > On 27 Apr 2017, at 15:06, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > All rather worrisome and bothersome and tiresome (any other '...somes'?) > > Hope you can fix it asap Stephen, and would certainly appreciate an update on > here once you resolve it. > > All the best for a speedy fix > > Adam > > On Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 3:57:05 PM UTC+1, Stephen McW wrote: > Hello all, > > Some dodgy nastiness has got into something here and keeps changing the DNS > Server IP addresses on our router. I modified them yesterday to point to > Zen’s DNS addresses (we are with Zen!) but today I found they were back to > something dodgy again. I updated them about 45 mins ago then checked again 10 > minutes later and they had been altered again! These no doubt have been, and > are, responsible for redirects to spam and worse web pages on our Macs and > iOS devices at home. > > I’ve downloaded a trial of ClamXav which is running as I type. > > Is there anything dear fellow SMUGgers would suggest I do to resolve it and > what can be done to stop it happening again. We’re both very aware of dodgy > emails and the link, clicking on stuff in emails and the like but is there > anything else to be aware of? > > Also, I notice that in my Safari > Prefs > Privacy > Manage Website data … > there are suspicious/unwanted entries in there which if I select and delete > return again. Doesn’t seem right! Any thoughts on that? > > Any help or suggestions appreciated. > > Cheers, > Stephen > > > “The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude > bigger than to produce it.” ~ Brandolini’s law -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
