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Fourvin's avatar
Fourvin
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May 30, 2016

Forced hijack

Hi,

 

Since tonight, whenever I want to reach one of my favorite webpage (netvibes.com) with Forefox, being connected to the EX6120, it gets hijacked to http://www.mywifiext.net/IA_hijack.htm

I have had this WiFi extender since about 6 months and no issue so far.

All the other browser tabs are reaching their websites OK.

 

When I connect directly to the home box signal, and capture http://netvibes.com in the address bar, I get an error message that http://www.mywifiext.net/IA_hijack.htm cannot be reached, all other browser tabs working fine with their websites

 

Earlier tonight, I had a Internet connectivity issue, and the Netgear local home page was displayed, as it had already happened sometimes. But apparently, it hijacked Netvibes then, which is my default home page/first tab in my browser.

 

I just tested accessing Netvibes with Edge and it works fine.

 

How can I "unhijack" it? Is it a Netgear or a Firefox setting?

 

Windows 10, Firefox 46.0.1, Bbox

EX6120, firmware v1.0.0.16_1.0.11

S/N: 4D615B7HA025C (considered as invalid by the support page...)

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

Vincent Fournols

Paris, France

1 Reply

  • DarrenM's avatar
    DarrenM
    Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

    Hello Fourvin

     

    You said you can access the page just fine when using another browser correct? You may want to clear your history and cookies.

     

    DarrenM