thecavern Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I started having something strange happen a few days ago.On a few sites, especially eBay, the page would load and then another pagewould pop up saying "Page Not Found" "Error 404". I'd hit "back" and get thesame results about 4 times -- then the page was fully loaded. (It also happensonce when going to Photobucket.)I decided to see if Firefox gave me the same results. It didn't. Rather, amessage poped up at the top saying there were "plug ins" trying to loadand to click "Install Plug Ins" button. Of course, I didn't install these plug ins.So -- the problem seems to be with MIE 8 / Vista or a combination of the two.It seems to me that Ebay may have loaded something new which is notcompatible with MIE 8 (?). Can't be sure.I then decided to copy the links I saw at the top of the error pages.Here are two examples :http://www.google.com/hws/gateway/afe?hl=en&s=http://p.rfihub.com/cm?in&rdr=afehttp://www.google.com/hws/gateway/afe?hl=en&s=http://image2.pubmatic.com/AdServer/Pug?vcode&rdr=afe(All the pages that display at the top of the error pages end with "afe".)Perhaps some of you, who are much more knowledgeable than me, may be able to figure outwhat's going on ? Or perhaps you've seen this type of situation in the past ?THANKS !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I'd say malwarethose links have nothing todo with ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I'd say malwarethose links have nothing todo with ebayNot with ebay, but those URLs are generated by software on the client when a page cannot be found when using certain applications:http://www.winpatrol.com/db/com/bae.html?baeThese URLs mean nothing in of themselves, you can just put anything in there to generate the error.http://www.google.com/hws/gateway/afe?hl=en&s=http://msfn.org/The first link posted goes to a tracking image. The second link seems to load a blank page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecavern Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 I did run a full virus scan via McAfee.Nothing showed up at all.Wouldn't Malware have been detected if it were present ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G8YMW Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 If you have done this already, my apologies.Dump the cache and cookies, often the error is carried on in there.Malwarebytes "Antimalware" is a useful tool. scan now and again.I also use "Spybot Search and Destroy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecavern Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Another interesting thing......As I mentioned above, Firefox works but MIE8 gives me the 404 error.When I log on to eBay and bring up "My eBay(Summary page)" the pagedisplayed is slightly different in the left column between MIE8 and Firefox.On MIE : The left column reads "Saved Searches" and "Saved Sellers"On Firefox : The left column reads "Searches You Follow" and "Sellers You Follow".The other curious thing : The URL that appears on top is indentical for both !!!How could that happen ? Does eBay determine what you see by what browser you're using ??I'm sure the fact that Firefox works but MIE8 gives the 404 Error is the key to a solutionbut I'll be darn if I can figure this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Did you read the link I posted? Do you have (for example) the Google Toolbar installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecavern Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) I don't have the Google toolbar installed.I am using a Gateway Desk Top.And why would this just start happening last Saturday ? Edited November 27, 2013 by thecavern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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