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fbstatic virus?

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  • 20-10-2014 11:11pm
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    Schwiiing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,650 ✭✭✭


    For the past week I've struggled to even get to the Facebook sign in page. It's very slow to load and when it does it's an odd bareboned version of the page. I keep noticing this 'waiting for fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net' constantly in the corner of the screen? Is it a virus? How can I get rid of it? I have run Malwarebytes numerous times and re-set Firefox twice to no avail.


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    FSL
    Registered Users Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    Google it and read the Bleeping Computer entry.


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    DaveR1000
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭DaveR1000


    does internet explorer do the same ?


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    Schwiiing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,650 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    FSL wrote: »
    Google it and read the Bleeping Computer entry.

    Tried it. No joy.


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    Schwiiing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,650 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    DaveR1000 wrote: »
    does internet explorer do the same ?

    Works fine on IE.


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    DaveR1000
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭DaveR1000


    Firefox a versions back used to do this on me on fb and ebay a lot - download ccleaner and run it - resetting firefox doesn't remove cached pages etc. reckon thats your issue.

    btw ccleaner wont delete anything you dont want it to - read and check the options it gives


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,005 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Facebook was very temperamental last night btw... On pc only but worked fine via the mobile app on the same wifi network. Think they were having issues with some of their CDNs..

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    ressem
    Registered Users Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    Not a virus,

    As Yoyo said,
    fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net is part of a content delivery network.

    akamai is a reputable content provider that Microsoft, Facebook and others use to try and provide faster web pages.

    fbstatic-a is the subdomain that contains the facebook images etc.


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    Schwiiing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,650 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    ressem wrote: »
    Not a virus,

    As Yoyo said,
    fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net is part of a content delivery network.

    akamai is a reputable content provider that Microsoft, Facebook and others use to try and provide faster web pages.

    fbstatic-a is the subdomain that contains the facebook images etc.

    A joke if true. It has never been slow before I started to see this message in the corner. Why does it not appear in IE?


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    advertsfox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    Schwiiing wrote: »
    A joke if true. It has never been slow before I started to see this message in the corner. Why does it not appear in IE?
    Are you using Adblock or Adblock Plus? Have you tried Firefox in Safe Mode?


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    Schwiiing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,650 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    advertsfox wrote: »
    Are you using Adblock or Adblock Plus? Have you tried Firefox in Safe Mode?

    I've been using Adblock for as long as Ive been using Firefox. Which is about a year maybe 2 and never had a problem up to now.


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    advertsfox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    Schwiiing wrote: »
    I've been using Adblock for as long as Ive been using Firefox. Which is about a year maybe 2 and never had a problem up to now.
    Adblock defs may have updated, you may need to allow fbstatic address. Disable Adblock and see if it's the same.


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    mark17j
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭mark17j


    I have the same problem now also. facebook loading very slowly if at all.. all other sites running perfectly, is it just me?


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    Schwiiing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,650 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    mark17j wrote: »
    I have the same problem now also. facebook loading very slowly if at all.. all other sites running perfectly, is it just me?

    Try other browsers. Facebook is perfect on IE. No mention of fbstatic either.
    Tried re-installing Firefox earlier but no joy.


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    mark17j
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭mark17j


    Schwiiing wrote: »
    Try other browsers. Facebook is perfect on IE. No mention of fbstatic either.
    Tried re-installing Firefox earlier but no joy.
    Thanks, yes Facebook working perfectly on IE..
    This problem only started happening last night using Firefox,
    Earlier in the day I updated Firefox to version 33.0 maybe that has something to do with it? Possibly not as Google Chrome having same problems with Facebook also.

    EDIT
    I'm back on Firefox and all seems fine again
    (Hopefully it stays like that)


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