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When I entered "yahoo.com" I was redirected to a www.kaspersky-labs.com landing page, repeatedly. Why?

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Louie123456
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Last night, from my mac running firefox, I entered "yahoo.com" (not www.yahoo.com) and it redirected me to a weird www.kaspersky-labs.com landing page (screen grab attached). This happened repeatedly for several hours, but resolved by itself today. It did not happen when I tried with chrome and safari. It was a little unnerving. Why would this happen?

Last night, from my mac running firefox, I entered "yahoo.com" (not www.yahoo.com) and it redirected me to a weird www.kaspersky-labs.com landing page (screen grab attached). This happened repeatedly for several hours, but resolved by itself today. It did not happen when I tried with chrome and safari. It was a little unnerving. Why would this happen?

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Louie123456
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Promised screen grab is attached here...

cor-el
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Do you have any Kaspersky software installed on your computer.

If you have then contact Kaspersky support and ask them about this.

Louie123456
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Thanks for the reply. No, I don't have any Kaspersky software. It's a strange accidental redirect, given the current news. I tested it again last night, and the glitch was back; redirecting from "yahoo.com" to kaspersky-labs.com. Gone again today! Any other ideas?

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BeerBaroN23
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Goto your Preferences -> Advanced -> Network settings and is there anything written in there? could also be a rogue extension.

Goto "about:support" in your URL bar and then click "refresh firefox" that should get rid of any kinda of odd config.

If it persists I would check what you have set for your DNS servers and what process daemons are loading on your startup...

Or maybe an advertising blitz by Kapersky? haha

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Louie123456
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) you are probably right. It's not unthinkable for internet security or anti-virus companies to advertise by hijacking or transmitting viruses.

Many thanks in any case for the reply. Nothing in advanced network settings. I followed your advice and refreshed my firefox. It is no longer happening, so far. It was just a weird thing, probably will never know why this happened.