Internet Webpages Hijacked on Mac
Hey all, I just got a call from my friend who's at school right now doing a festival for Orchestra. Apparently, some kid thought it would be funny to mess around with all of the orchestra office's computers. All 4 of the computers are running 10.3-10.4 (depending on the comp, some are newer than the others). When you open the web browser and go to a regular website like google or yahoo, it redirects you to a webpage that says "Danny Likes Men." But if you go to an official school district webpage it works fine.
I think the kids might have messed with host files, but I don't know how to reset it. Boy, a system restore feature sounds nice right now
. Well, I know all you masterful minds probably can easily think up of something, All we need is for the browsers to be reset! Thanks in advance!
I think the kids might have messed with host files, but I don't know how to reset it. Boy, a system restore feature sounds nice right now
. Well, I know all you masterful minds probably can easily think up of something, All we need is for the browsers to be reset! Thanks in advance!
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Originally posted by Ichiban_jay
Hey all, I just got a call from my friend who's at school right now doing a festival for Orchestra. Apparently, some kid thought it would be funny to mess around with all of the orchestra office's computers. All 4 of the computers are running 10.3-10.4 (depending on the comp, some are newer than the others). When you open the web browser and go to a regular website like google or yahoo, it redirects you to a webpage that says "Danny Likes Men." But if you go to an official school district webpage it works fine.
I think the kids might have messed with host files, but I don't know how to reset it. Boy, a system restore feature sounds nice right now
To check the host file contents, type
cat /etc/hosts
in Terminal.