Why AdBlockPlus MisBehaving ? Or I am Badly Infected ? Suggestions please.

Software, Cloud and Development Software & Tools
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AdBlockPlus official opens

following download page (in firefox/chrome/opera)

On Desktop Browser Downloads options I have following links for downloads:
Firefox Download link =

((WTF.. confirmed with 3 people in India before posting this crap here))
Chrome Download Link =

Opera Download Link =

My last topic was If I am infected..

**It seems, I am really infected with some MASSIVE THING.. or my ISP is fucking around.
Request for help in this case. **
If any experts can suggest.. Firefox is what is prefer

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that is the site and all links are fine. You must have some other issue. Do a virus and malware scan

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Eyeo is the company behind adblock plus.
“Implementing the Acceptable Ads criteria is part of eyeo’s (the company behind Adblock Plus) attempt to pursue a different vision of online advertising.”

https://adblockplus.org/en/about#monetization

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Can you guys confirm if all those urls I have mentioned above are correct ?
Also Can you let me know what happens when you open this specific term on google

heavy sweating after a friend chewing miraj
my friend sweats heavily after chewing miraj
heavy sweating on friend after taking miraj
friend chews miraj he has heavy sweating

“webmd.com” which is on top-results, only this site starts re-directing and wont load.
Its not google-redirect-dns-etc.-poisioning for sure. Hence required immediate help.

Hope to hear from both of you :slight_smile: TYVM.

Kindly suggest.

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those urls are correct.
webmd link is opening fine.

you need to scan your whole system for virus / malware

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Thanks a lot guys, it seems problem is fixed for now..
Used malwarebytes 15 day trial version, it detected 9 threats, deleted them..
Missed taking a screenshot :frowning:

Any other suggestions, rather then going for a reformat. ?
I keep downloading content from torrents, etc. and also modified apk files, this crap could have got from somewhere.

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adblock plus is something you want to absolutely avoid, they eat money from ad provider to white list add server without intimating user. you can check r/privacy for details.

You might want to use uBlock Origin - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/
with StevenBlack filters - https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts ( 15 filter variation, pick what suits you best) ,
keep easylist, easy privacy & fanboys’s active along with SB filter.

If on windows, time to change your AV as well as use this https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload to check apks before you can use them.

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bad bad ideas.
Most modified apk are virus motherships. Only stick with popular open source projects like youtube-vance . Try completely avoid randomly
Torrent movies/audio are fine. But applications and games, should also be avoided as much as possible. If you have to though.. only from selected uploaders, read comments and all.