Firefox being redirected among other issues.

When using a search engine (Google, Bing) and I click on a link, I get redirected to some bogus page that has nothing to do with what I'm looking for. Also when on Ebay, I clcik the "add to watch list" link and it won't do it. The pics on the pages also will disappear after only showing for an instant. I have use IE and Chrome and they do not do this. I think this is totally a Firefox issue. I want my Firefox back. I hate IE.

It could be some extension has changed your firefox settings, but if you are getting results unrelated to your serach it may be malware. see
* [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/773501#answer-126946 thread] ''Search bar causes browser to be hijacked''
*[[Is my Firefox problem a result of malware]]
* and if you have problems with a Bing bar, courtesy of MS, see [[Removing the Search Helper Extension and Bing Bar]]

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Web searches are being redirected to alternative websites. Deleted MacKeeper but the redirects are still occuring

There is no need to download anything to solve this problem. You may have installed a variant of the "VSearch" ad-injection malware.
Malware is always changing to get around the defenses against it. These instructions are valid as of today, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for a more recent discussion, or start a new one.
The VSearch malware tries to hide itself by varying the names of the files it installs. To remove it, you must first identify the naming pattern.
Triple-click the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
/Library/LaunchDaemons
In the Finder, select
          Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
A folder named "LaunchDaemons" may open. Look inside it for two files with names of the form
          com.something.daemon.plist
and
           com.something.helper.plist
Here something is a variable word, which can be different in each case. So far it has always been a string of letters without punctuation, such as "cloud," "dot," "highway," "submarine," or "trusteddownloads." Sometimes the word is "apple," and then you must be especially careful not to delete the wrong files, because many built-in OS X files have similar names.
If you find these files, leave the LaunchDaemons folder open, and open the following folder in the same way:
/Library/LaunchAgents
In this folder, there may be a file named
          com.something.agent.plist
where the word something is the same as before.
If you feel confident that you've identified the above files, back up all data, then drag just those three files—nothing else—to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password. Close the Finder windows and restart the computer.
Don't delete the "LaunchAgents" or "LaunchDaemons" folder or anything else inside either one.
The malware is now permanently inactivated, as long as you never reinstall it. You can stop here if you like, or you can remove two remaining components for the sake of completeness.
Open this folder:
/Library/Application Support
If it has a subfolder named just
           something
where something is the same word you saw before, drag that subfolder to the Trash and close the window.
Don't delete the "Application Support" folder or anything else inside it.
Finally, in this folder:
/System/Library/Frameworks
there may an item named exactly
            v.framework
It's actually a folder, though it has a different icon than usual. This item always has the above name. Drag it to the Trash and close the window.
Don't delete the "Frameworks" folder or anything else inside it.
If you didn't find the files or you're not sure about the identification, post what you found.
If in doubt, or if you have no backups, change nothing at all.
The trouble may have started when you downloaded and ran an application called "MPlayerX." That's the name of a legitimate free movie player, but the name is also used fraudulently to distribute VSearch. If there is an item with that name in the Applications folder, delete it, and if you wish, replace it with the genuine article from mplayerx.org.
This trojan is often found on illegal websites that traffic in pirated content such as movies. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect more of the same, and worse, to follow. Never install any software that you downloaded from a bittorrent, or that was downloaded by someone else from an unknown source.
In the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences, select the General tab. The radio button marked Anywhere should not be selected. If it is, click the lock icon to unlock the settings, then select one of the other buttons. After that, don't ignore a warning that you are about to run or install an application from an unknown developer.
Then, still in System Preferences, open the App Store or Software Update pane and check the box marked
          Install system data files and security updates (OS X 10.10 or later)
or
          Download updates automatically (OS X 10.9 or earlier)
if it's not already checked.

IPhone won't make or receive calls, among other issues

So I've been having a lot of problems with my iPhone 3GS. About 80% of the time it won't make calls, and about 50% of the time it won't receive calls. I'll only know if someone called me if they told me they called or left a voicemail. Every single time this happens I have full service. It's also started getting really picky about sending texts.
I'm basically fed up at this point. I'm on my second sim card, I've taken my phone to the Apple store three times, and I've been turning it off, resetting it, and switching airplane mode on and off as a last resort. I kind of need my phone to make calls, which it for some reason does not want to do. Any suggestions anyone has about what to do are appreciated.
Also, my phone has been having issues when it's been plugged in. I've been using the wall charger that came with the phone, yet I've gotten the message after plugging it in that it is a device that doesn't support charging. It constantly vibrates while it's plugged in as well, as though it's being unplugged and plugged back in and takes a really long time to actually charge (I had it plugged in for about 20 minutes and it went from 52% battery to 53% battery). I don't know if this is an issue with the phone or if the cable just died on me.
Either way, this is really obnoxious. I can't wait until my contract is up so I can get an Android.

Try cleaning the connector on the bottom of the phone. A dry toothbrush is a good tool to use. Also inspect it with a magnifying glass to make sure there are no bent pins.
You might also have a bad cable.
For the other problems have you Restored the phone and set it up as a new phone?
And I have to ask, just to confirm, the phone is not jailbroken, correct?

Photoshop CC not displaying correct image sizes, among other issues.

Hey, so I'd like a bit of help here!
I got my new laptop from the school a couple of weeks ago and photoshop’s been funky ever since I got it. It’s a brand new Macbook, and it's running Photoshop CC.
First things first, it won’t recognize some of the brushstrokes I make. It will show that I've made them, but they won’t show up in the history panel. I'll have to make another stroke for it to register both of them. (Making undoing things a real pain.) Also, some of the keyboard shortcuts I use won't work in a really similar way. If I go to switch to my brush by pressing b, it occasionally won't register it unless I make an additional brush stroke. This works with all of the other shortcuts I use.
In addition, file sizes are all kinds of messed up. Here’s the most recent example. The image dimensions are 500px x 135px, 300DPI, 8bit, RGB color. This is at 100% zoom. Those are the settings I normally use, but for some reason it’s showing the file as about half of the size it should be. (Tumblr post for comparison—they are 500px wide.)
Here’s another example. This one is 1254 x 1201, 300DPI, 8bit, RGB, shown at 100% zoom. The image size is 4.31M. If I go to double the size and change nothing else, the image size jumps up to a whopping 17.2M. I don’t feel like that’s right? I don't remember any other versions of Photoshop having images be that large.
Maybe it’s my computer settings? Right now I have the resolution set on "best for display," but even if i use the "scaled" option and change sizes, the images are still too small.
I don't know if I would be able to uninstall and then re-install Photoshop because the school has control over those sorts of things and there are certain programs that you cannot remove. I've tried restarting the program as well as the laptop, but neither of those helped.
if anyone can help me, I’d really appreciate it! Thank you!

For generic performance and trouble-shooting advice I’d like to recommend reading these:
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/optimize-performance-photoshop-cs4-cs5.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2012/07/photoshop-basic-troubleshooting-steps-to-fix-mos t-issues.html
As for the specifics:
The image size is 4.31M. If I go to double the size and change nothing else, the image size jumps up to a whopping 17.2M.
If you double the dimensions of an image the area is increased fourfold – so what is the problem there?
The image dimensions are 500px x 135px, 300DPI, 8bit, RGB color. This is at 100% zoom. Those are the settings I normally use, but for some reason it’s showing the file as about half of the size it should be. (Tumblr post for comparison—they are 500px wide.)
The introduction or Retina (and other high resolution) displays and browsers actually up-scaling images to accommodate those screen resolutions seems to have confused some users about the concept of pixels.
Could you please post a full size screenshot on this Forum of the image at View > 100% in Photoshop and on tumblr?

Capsule Not Picking Up IP Address (among other issues)

I just received my brand new Time Capsule, and am having a heck of a time getting it working.
I have an existing network with 3 Express stations. I unplugged them all, plugged in everything to the Time Capsule & cranked it up. In the set up, I asked it to get the settings from my existing network. Well, first it appeared to set up fine but it failed to establish an internet connection, then I couldn't even see it in Airport Utility. I unplugged everything and went back to my old config, and couldn't see any of my Express stations in Airport Utility either until I restarted my iMac.
So I thought I would try using it to create a brand new network. I reset the Capsule, plugged in just the power, and went through the process of creating a brand new network with the Capsule as the base station. Part way though the process, I plugged in the cable modem to the Capsule. Configured using DHCP, it seemed OK, but it still couldn't establish an internet connection. Then it disappeared from being visible in Airport Utility again. I moved the ethernet connector back to my Express base and all was fine with my old network. I restarted, and still can't see the Capsule as a device in Airport, much less back up to it.
So I can't get my Capsule to stay visible to Airport Utility for more than 2 minutes, and when it is running, it won't pick up an IP address to connect to an obviously live port.
Now what? Right now, it's as useless as a brick. Apple used to be so straightforward, but this is anything but.

After two weeks of trying, I still can't get my Capsule to stay visible to Airport Utility for more than 2 minutes, and when it is running, it still won't pick up an IP address to connect to an obviously live port.
Since no one on this forum has suggestions for a fix, should I ship it back to the Apple Online store to get my money back?

LE8 won't remember audio recording path (among other issues...)

Why won't LE8 remember the audio recording path I set for each project? Each time I open a project I've been working on (by dropping the project onto the LE8 icon in the dock-LAME) and arm a track to record, it says that that the path to the external HD is not found (-but it knows the name of the external HD somehow). I'll then open the record prefs, set the recording path correctly to my external HD and the coressponding folder, save the project, and record without incident (or at least the same incident) for the rest of my session. The next time I open the project the same thing happens.
LE7 never had this issue.... weird and annoying.

For generic performance and trouble-shooting advice I’d like to recommend reading these:
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/optimize-performance-photoshop-cs4-cs5.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2012/07/photoshop-basic-troubleshooting-steps-to-fix-mos t-issues.html
As for the specifics:
The image size is 4.31M. If I go to double the size and change nothing else, the image size jumps up to a whopping 17.2M.
If you double the dimensions of an image the area is increased fourfold – so what is the problem there?
The image dimensions are 500px x 135px, 300DPI, 8bit, RGB color. This is at 100% zoom. Those are the settings I normally use, but for some reason it’s showing the file as about half of the size it should be. (Tumblr post for comparison—they are 500px wide.)
The introduction or Retina (and other high resolution) displays and browsers actually up-scaling images to accommodate those screen resolutions seems to have confused some users about the concept of pixels.
Could you please post a full size screenshot on this Forum of the image at View > 100% in Photoshop and on tumblr?

FileVault Stuck Decrypting (Among Other Issues)

Recently I made the mistake of trying out FileVault to encrypt the files on my MacBook Pro. Unfortunately I came to realize that this is a very tedious process that can take days to complete and slow down the performance of my machine. After trying multiple methods to either speed up the encryption process (which initially changed back and forth from "estimating time remaining" to "106 days remaining") or begin decryption through recovery mode and disk utility, I'm now stuck with a FileVault decryption status that's stuck, and a near useless computer.
im currently attempting to backup using Time Machine onto an external drive in order to do a full restore (since as far as I know that's the only true solution to the problem). Only issue is that it backs up depressingly slow (about 1 MB every 10 minutes, with a total of 224 GB to back up).
If there's anyone out there that could perhaps give me insight on how to repair this issue more smoothly, that'd be great.

A
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is not fully functional. You need an external hard drive or other storage device to hold the data.
1. Start up from the Recovery partition, from Internet Recovery, or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) Launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in this support article, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.” The article refers to starting up from a DVD, but the procedure in Recovery mode is the same. You don't need a DVD if you're running OS X 10.7 or later.
If you use FileVault 2, then you must first unlock the startup volume. Select its icon ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another disk icon, usually with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar. Enter your login password when prompted.
2. If Method 1 fails because of disk errors, then you may be able to salvage some of your files by copying them in the Finder. If you already have an external drive with OS X installed, start up from it. Otherwise, if you have Internet access, follow the instructions on this page to prepare the external drive and install OS X on it. You'll use the Recovery installer, rather than downloading it from the App Store.
3. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, start the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
4. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.
B
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Disk Utility.
In the Disk Utility window, select the icon of the startup volume from the list on the left. It will be nested below another disk icon, usually with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar. When prompted, enter the login password of a user authorized to unlock the volume, or the alternate decryption key that was generated when you activated FileVault.
Then, from the menu bar, select
File ▹ Turn Off Encryption
Enter the password again.
You can then restart as usual, if the system is working. Decryption will be completed in the background. It may take several hours, and during that time performance will be reduced.
If you can't turn off encryption in Disk Utility because the menu item is grayed out, you'll have to erase the volume and then restore the data from a backup. Select the Erase tab, and then select
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
from the Format menu.
You can then quit to be returned to the main Recovery screen. Follow these instructions if you back up with Time Machine. If you use other backup software, follow its developer's instructions.
Don't erase the volume unless you have at least two complete, independent backups. One is not enough to be safe.

Can't open quicktime control panel...among other issues w/ QuickTime/iTunes

I download itunes and then try to open it and before it opens and error occurs causing it to close. all other apps seem functional except quicktime. I can't open it under control panel (An exception occurred while trying to run “C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL
“C:\WINDOWS\system32\QuickTime.cpl”, QuickTime”) and when I try to open it from the START menu I get "QuickTime failed to initialize. Error # - 2095". Any ideas on how to fix this so I can get QuickTime and iTunes working? Thanks for the help.

I have exactly the same problem!!
Been on this site since Dec 26th and still can't get ipod to work.
You would think Apple would have a help line!
If you solve yours please let me know how you did it, and I will do likewise.
Thanks
Pat Mahoney

Since loading 5 I keep being redirected to sites I don't want instead of going where I ask; firefox prevents some, but I feel like I am undar a denial of service attack.

Problem started with download of Firefox 5. It is now almost impossible to follow a link or perform a search with any search engine without being redirected to other sites.

How could you have upgraded your IOS and be on IOS 7.0.6? I'm skeptical about your movie claim - my guess is that you were unknowingly streaming them from the getgo unaware that they weren't on your iPad. I suppose there may be an "escape clause" in Apple's update routine that is invoked when a device doesn't have enough memory to carry out an update whereby movies are swapped out to hoover up more memory. Personally I've never heard of this occurring In Apple World. Why does your cheap phone outperform your iPad "in every category"? There's no good reason - you obviously have numerous issues that are easily resolvable if you follow Philly's advice.

Why are webpages are being redirected?

I'm being redirected to other websites while searching. I've run Norton and Avg but it didn't solve the problem. What do I do?

Seems like Malware give this a read.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Is%20my%20Firefox%20problem%20a%20result%20of%20malware

Can firefox show the link to which I am being redirected?

Firefox tells me that a redirection needs to happen. How can I find out where I am being redirected before I allow it?

Note that the setting in "Options > Advanced > General" is meant as an accessibility feature, as you can see by the label of that section, so that people with disabilities or people who use screen readers do not get confused and is not meant as a safety protection to stop redirecting.
*Firefox > Options/Preferences > Advanced > General : Accessibility : [ ] "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page"
See also:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/settings-network-updates-and-encryption#w_general-tab
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/accessibility.blockautorefresh
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox

How do I stop firefox from redirecting every page I click on in Google search? No matter what I search for in Google when I click on it Firefox redirects me to some other search, sales, or contest page.

How do I stop firefox from redirecting every page I click on in Google search? No matter what I search for in Google when I click on it Firefox redirects me to some other search, sales, or contest page. I have a security program running, no maleware, adware, or virus on my pc. Thanks for the help in advance.

Sounds like a dose of search redirect malware or a redirect virus.
Install, update, and run these programs in this order. They are listed in order of efficacy. '''''(Not all programs detect the same Malware, so you may need to run them all to solve your problem.)''''' These programs are all free for personal use, but some have limited functionality in the "free mode" - but those are features you really don't need to find and remove the problem that you have. 
''Note: If your Malware infection is bad enough and you are mis-directed to URL's other than what is posted, you may have to use a different PC to download these programs and use a USB stick to transfer them to the afflicted PC.''
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - [http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php] 
SuperAntispyware - [http://www.superantispyware.com/] 
AdAware - [http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/] 
Spybot Search & Destroy - [http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html] 
Windows Defender: Home Page - [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx] 
Also, if you have a search engine re-direct problem, see this: 
http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2010/02/remove-google-redirect-virus.html
If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help: 
[http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php] 
[http://forum.aumha.org/] 
[http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/] 
[http://bleepingcomputer.com]

Since upgrading to iOS7 some text messages are not being sent, iMessage on my Ipad and MacBook doesn't have my phone number registered and my reminder colour on my Iphone keeps changing ... among other things

Since upgrading to iOS7 some text messages are not being sent on my iPhone 5, iMessage on my Ipads and MacBook doesn't have my phone number registered and my reminder colour on my Iphone keeps changing ... among other things. Any suggestions to fix these faults?

Make sure People Sending you via iMessage are sending their messages on your PHONE number not on your EMAIL addresses . My sister had the same problem, thats how i managed to solve it!

I currently have Trend Micro...Does Firefox handle all the security issues like pfishing and viruses etc...I would like to cancel the other

I cannot seem to get anyone to help me because I have asked this same question more than 6 or 7 times. Does Firefox handle all the security issues like pfishing and viruses, worms from attaching to my computer??????

This question is a duplicate of https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/884618

Just downloaded Firefox 23 update and now links that show up in my browser searches redirect to other pages

I downloaded the new update to Firefox 23 (I wasn't sure about it because it looked very weird and behaved differently) and immediately when I clicked on some (not all) of my bookmarks I was redirected to other pages I have never seen before. Also, when I used either Bing or Google search engines, when I click on one of the links given by the search I got redirected to those same odd pages every time. I closed Firefox and ran a virus scan, and even though it caught the usual number of tracking cookies and malware, they were all the same ones it usually catches. I could not find any strange extensions or plugins in the Firefox list, other than the plugins page now has a tab by every item that shows "always activate". Are you hearing from other people about similar problems?

Problems with bookmarks and history not working properly can be caused by a corrupted places.sqlite database file.
You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox profile folder.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file

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