Ok so I'd not realised it was actually a problem up to now but over the last few weeks I've been seeing this page a lot. The website is www.asktofriends.com but I'm not going to include a link and DO NOT advise visiting it as I'm not sure how safe it is...
I started off getting redirected there a few times after clicking on search results from google. Nothing dirty or dodgy either before people ask (they're all bookmarked haha) but this is a common problem right? Pages disappear, links become invalid, other search engines use google to direct to their own clients to perform the same search with them etc.
So I didn't pay it any heed until now. Last few days I'm seeing it a lot and I can't understand why as the blurb for the sites I'm trying to access from Google sound like good informative sites (today it was an oxford university link!!!) so I don't understand why it's diverting me to a page with seemingly no options on the page.
It shows the 'asktofriends' name/banner/whatever across the top of the screen then the webpage is completely blank apart from an image of some guy holding a bunch of flowers (graphic image mostly in B&W, not even slightly photorealistic)
So I'm wondering if I should be worried that I'm seeing so much of this seemingly pointless website and if anyone else has come across it.
This is the Google result for it;
When searching to provide that info I saw this one a few results down;asktofriends
asktofriends.com is different. We offer a personalized exchange where you can get real information, real opinions and real feedback from real people. ...
According to that post it seems to be a trojan but I think I'll see if anyone here has come across it before I start googling even more! I've got anti-virus running well now and the computer is healthier than it has been in a long time so don't get it. Will scan again tonight and see if anything is found...google hijacked!
4 posts - 3 authors - Last post: 28 Jun 2010
asktofriends. Google goes to SCOUR and AskToFriends when I us... asktofriends virus. remove asktofriends. From the Geek Dictionary ...
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