How To: Manage columns of data (was Re: How To: Delete columns of data)

[Jerry Jensen]

On Sep 6, 2014, at 8:45 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

> On 9/6/2014, 6:53 PM, JB wrote:
>> I would like to clarify the part about the attack from MacKeeper
>> preventing me from accessing my bank account.  I mentioned
>> that I was also taken to MacKeeper instead of the websites I
>> wanted to go to.
>> 
>> The attempt to go to other websites was done from my home
>> page which was Google.
>> 
>> The attempt to access my bank account was done from my
>> banks web site which is Bank of America.  I would click the
>> button to sign in and instead of taking me to the next sign in
>> step I would see advertisements preventing me from logging
>> into my account.
> 
> This sounds much like a DNS changer trojan. It redirects your internet browsing to other fake sites, usually to scrape your passwords and login data. Neither Google or your bank would be the culprit; instead something would have changed the DNS settings on your computer.
> 
> MacKeeper is probaby not the problem. It's gotten a bad rap from some users but authorities say it's legitimate and does what it's supposed to. MacDefender, however, is malware and is sometimes confused with MacKeeper. There is other similar malware out there too. If you have kept up with system updates, OS X has a built-in security scan that eliminates MacDefender, but you may have contracted something else.
> 
> The main point here is that the web sites you visited aren't the problem. The problem is more likely on your computer, and it sounds like something is redirecting your web browsing to other look-alike sites.

I concur with Jacque about this likely being a DNS changer trojan. I have seen a few cases where somebody was tricked into installing something masquerading as something else. Typically something like "if you want to see this, you have to install this new codec" or something like that. 

You should check with your ISP to see if the DNS server numbers on your computer are the ones they supply. The cases I saw were not. On a mac, they can be seen in the "Network" pane of "System Preferences". Click the "Advanced" button, then the "DNS" tab at the top.

.Jerry