Unknown icon on Add-on Bar
Hi,
Recently an icon has appeared on my Add-on Bar (a blue circle with a white 'i' (like an information i)) and it leads to this website:
http://petzichen.de.gg/?ref=quicklaunch
It doesn't open anything. The main title is PEOPLEPOINT and it appears to be a German website and I have no idea where it came from, probably from something I downloaded I guess.
Anyway, this thing is in all my versions of Firefox and I want rid of it.
Any help gratefully appreciated.
Cheers, Keith
Chosen solution
by keithy397Thanks for your input madperson.
I had scanned and cleaned and purged my system with Malwarebytes, SuperantiSpyware, Hijack This and even Avast and found nothing.
However, I was pointed in the right direction by someone who knew it was in fact an extension I had installed - Plugin-Checker - the author obviously wanted people to visit his website!
Today, (just before I was about to uninstall the extension) an updated version was released and the icon / link was removed.
Don't you just hate it when people mess with your Firefox?!!
Cheers, Keith
Read this answer in context 0Additional System Details
This happened
Every time Firefox opened
This started when...
Few days ago
Installed Plug-ins
- Next Generation Java Plug-in 10.9.2 for Mozilla browsers
- NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
- Shockwave Flash 11.4 r402
- Google Update
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.6.7.637
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.6.6.636
- Foxit Reader Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape
- VLC media player Web Plugin 2.0.2
- 5.1.10411.0
- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers
- DRM Netscape Network Object
- DRM Store Netscape Plugin
- Npdsplay dll
Application
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:16.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/16.0
More Information
I've run Super Anti Spyware, Malwarebytes and Avast but none seem to see it as malware.
hello, please have a look through all of your presently installed extensions in tools > addons > extensions and remove all suspicious entries (toolbars, addons that you have not installed intentionally or don't know what they are for, etc.).
also go to the windows control panel / programs and remove all toolbars or potentially unwanted software from there and do a full scan of your system with the security software that you have in place and/or a different tool like the free version of malwarebytes.
Chosen Solution
Thanks for your input madperson.
I had scanned and cleaned and purged my system with Malwarebytes, SuperantiSpyware, Hijack This and even Avast and found nothing.
However, I was pointed in the right direction by someone who knew it was in fact an extension I had installed - Plugin-Checker - the author obviously wanted people to visit his website!
Today, (just before I was about to uninstall the extension) an updated version was released and the icon / link was removed.
Don't you just hate it when people mess with your Firefox?!!
Cheers, Keith