I opened firefox After about an hour of the system being in standby and in theSponsored Links row there were 2 new entries
http:/ /bom07s30-in-x03. 1e100. net/ (I dismantled the URLs to prevent accidental clicks)
pnbomb-ac-in-x0e.1e100
I right clicked and searched in Google and it showed up as this
pnbomb-ac-in-x0e.1e100 Sponsored
it disappeared after a while, just to be sure I ran
sudo lsof -i
and noticed firefox was connected to this url
maa05s15-in-x03.1e100.net
I am not sure if am infected or this is just a glitch(I obviously didn’t click on the links)
Search 1e100, it’s a google thing
Yes but why did it show up In the Sponsored links row?
From mozilla. I’m guessing that the links were hosted/owned/etc. by google. When your system resumed it only partially loaded the sponsored links and you were left with the text of the url.
Your system is fine security wise, but privacy wise pinging google servers everytime you open a new tab is not ideal. This type of stuff is why I use Librewolf. Of course it’s up to you how much it bothers you. You can disable alot in vanilla firefox too.
Thank you, but is there anyway I can check whether i am infected or not just for peace of mind?
Antivirus programs are generally the go-to method…
Note that anti-virus can only assert that you are infected, not the opposite.
You’re saying even if you’re not confirmed as infected, you’re not necessarily confirmed as not being infected. In other words, you’re talking about false positives.
Am I understanding you correctly?
The opposite. Not found negatives. Anti-virus software can only tell you that it didn’t find a virus, not that there aren’t any.
Yeah, what you just said is what I said I thought you said. (@_@)
We’re on the same page; it’s just that wording is hard.
Also, you all were right; I was wrong. Admission given. 👍
No. Peace of mind comes from trusting, not from knowing.