whodathunkit
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I was just at an elderly relative's house and was killing time on his computer when I found something disturbing in the address bar's drop down menu (websites he's previously visited).
It looked like a very creepy erotica website: "Sarah and Daddy: Free Incest Stories". Or something like that.
I came home and googled it on my own computer and it doesn't look to me like a malware redirect or something that could have been in a banner or sidebar ad and then accidentally clicked. But I don't know. Malware, banner, and sidebar ads have to lead somewhere. I didn't click into it to check it out more closely mainly because I don't want to take the chance on infecting my own computer with something by visiting a site like that. Plus, gross.
Wondering if he might have deliberately visited that site that is making me sick in my soul.
Does anyone know about stuff like this...? Is it possible to get a site plainly into the address bar like that via stealth malware or by accidental clicking a random pop-up? I'm pretty tech savvy but am hoping there might be something to do with this that I don't know about, that makes it an accident. The computer does seem slow and a tad glitchy and bogged down, especially considering it's a fairly new Windows 7 box with decent specs.
Plain old porn wouldn't be freaking me out. It happens. But something like "incest stories..." Like I said, I feel kind of sick.
Again, could something like this get into the address bar cache by accident? Any advice appreciated.
It looked like a very creepy erotica website: "Sarah and Daddy: Free Incest Stories". Or something like that.
I came home and googled it on my own computer and it doesn't look to me like a malware redirect or something that could have been in a banner or sidebar ad and then accidentally clicked. But I don't know. Malware, banner, and sidebar ads have to lead somewhere. I didn't click into it to check it out more closely mainly because I don't want to take the chance on infecting my own computer with something by visiting a site like that. Plus, gross.
Wondering if he might have deliberately visited that site that is making me sick in my soul.
Does anyone know about stuff like this...? Is it possible to get a site plainly into the address bar like that via stealth malware or by accidental clicking a random pop-up? I'm pretty tech savvy but am hoping there might be something to do with this that I don't know about, that makes it an accident. The computer does seem slow and a tad glitchy and bogged down, especially considering it's a fairly new Windows 7 box with decent specs.
Plain old porn wouldn't be freaking me out. It happens. But something like "incest stories..." Like I said, I feel kind of sick.
Again, could something like this get into the address bar cache by accident? Any advice appreciated.