Browser hijack attempt

[Marc Vissers]

Hello,

I have been visiting a site recently that changed my browser settings, like
the start page and attempted to install dial-in software. I ran AdAware and
it fixed it, so everything is back to normal again. My question is : is it
possible to find something of this malicious code in the source code of the
website I visited or it could be on the server side ? The owner says she
made her website with Trellix Web software.

Marc

[Robin T Cox]

"Marc Vissers" <mvissers@pandora.be.invalid> wrote in
news:FlUdb.47124$FS5.2162743@phobos.telenet-ops.be:

> Hello,
>
> I have been visiting a site recently that changed my browser settings,
> like the start page and attempted to install dial-in software. I ran
> AdAware and it fixed it, so everything is back to normal again. My
> question is : is it possible to find something of this malicious code
> in the source code of the website I visited or it could be on the
> server side ? The owner says she made her website with Trellix Web
> software.
>
> Marc
>

See:

CERT® Advisory CA-2000-02 Malicious HTML Tags Embedded in Client Web
Requests
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-02.html

Frequently Asked Questions About Malicious Web Scripts Redirected by Web
Sites
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/malicious_code_FAQ.html