[Tfug] My Opera browser has malware

Brad Becker investmgmt at s91195370.onlinehome.us
Fri Jan 5 20:01:04 MST 2007


> Seems I've been infected with some type of malware which redirects to  
> mediaplex.  I'm using Opera and Kubuntu.  In searching for a removal  
> solution I see numerous avenues available to Win users, none so far for  
> Linux.  One of the reasons for moving to Linux was to avoid crap like  
> this.
>
> What do I do?  Thanks.
>
> - Brad Becker

Additional info:  this seems to be invoked specifically when trying to go  
to
yahoo mail by typing mail.yahoo.com.

I can delete the mediaplex cookie using Opera's tool functions but the  
cookie reappears.






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