Hijacked???

[Richard King]

I have been having trouble with my one year old Samsung front load washer (from Woot) and the past couple of days have done some searches for info on the trouble code (LE). In the process, on google page 2 of the search "samsung WF316LAS troubleshoot" I came across the item in the first picture. Clicking on it gets me the second screen below. This screen, of course, locks up my browser so I have to shut down IE to get out of it. I then did some experimenting and found that going to any "plasmatec . com" site will result in the same. Has that site been hijacked or has my computer been hijacked??? Curious minds want to know. Of course I did not follow the instructions on the scam pop up, and instead shut down IE. I have bumped into this several times lately, but I don't recall if it was on the same site. It's always been through a Google search and a hijack from there. By the way, what's a "creahes"? :lol:

[deltafowler]

DBS Talk Readers -
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DUPLICATE THE SEARCH RESULTS OR VISIT THE LISTED SITE!
DOING SO WILL EXPOSE YOU TO MALWARE INFECTIONS!

The site's server is infected.
The bigger question is why would you post the information here for others to duplicate the search and risk infection?
Sorry. I know you're a Super Moderator and all, but that's irresponsible. :nono2:

[Richard King]

Well, I disagree with your "bigger question", but that's just me. There's plenty there to tell people not to go there, so why would they? Notice the spaces in the site link. It's not clickable. It would take great effort to get there. I'm just trying to get an answer as to what happened and, I suspect, you provided it. Thanks.

[deltafowler]

Here's what I put in the Report Post text.
I disagree that it's harmless.

Duplicating the Google search phrase and following the links as described will expose DBS Talk readers to possible infections from rogue malware.

[deltafowler]

I have sent an e-mail to the Administrative contact for the offending site.

You could have easily shared your experience with the pictures without listing the actual search terms and site name.

[Richard King]

Amazing. It's on the second page of the search. I doubt that anyone else here has the washing machine in question, nor the problem with the washing machine. None of what I posted is clickable. If someone goes there they have to take a GREAT effort to do so. If they do so they are doing so intentionally. If they do so they can simply do what I did to escape, they don't have to click on the link that comes up. You are making a big deal out of nothing. I would hope that people here know better. Wow.

[harsh]

The bigger question is why would anyone use IE7. ;)

[deltafowler]

It pops up in Firefox and Chrome as well.
Also using opendns and adblock plus.

The reason these exploits work is because they hijack otherwise reputable sites at the server level and spread their seed from there.

Being a weekend, it may be Monday before someone reads the administrative e-mail and begins looking at the root of the problem.

Amazing. Not really.
How hard is it to copy and paste the search terms from your original post straight into a Google toolbar or search page?
This you call GREAT lengths?

You seem to have a serious problem in admitting that you put other DBS Talk readers at risk unnecessarily. I can't help you there. That's an internal problem.

[Richard King]

Since it appears that I got my answer and further discussion will get us no where i am closing this thread. Oh, by the way, if you are having problems with your Samsung washing machine and do a web search for a solution, don't go to the item that pops up as the first result on age 2. :rolleyes: