2

Using Firefox browser and I see in history that every time I log on to internet that crypto.stanford.edu is listed in history tab. What is this site and why is it in my history? Is this some kind of spy ware?

Keith H
  • 21
  • 1
  • Is there a particular page it points to, or just the main crypto.stanford.edu site? Is there a specific name/title of the page? –  May 15 '16 at 22:17
  • Check out https://www.virustotal.com/en/ip-address/171.64.78.27/information/ and also http://security.stackexchange.com – mchid May 16 '16 at 07:03
  • When I click on history screen display shows: 2016-05-17T01:27:38.647Z | Starting; will contact facilitator in 60 seconds – Keith H May 17 '16 at 01:30
  • This is address bar copy.: https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/embed.html?debug – Keith H May 17 '16 at 01:31
  • It's a site you're visiting that's using bits of Javascript developed at Stanford to make your computer part of the Tor network... or something along those lines. There's more info about the project here: https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/ I can't tell you which site it is, but the javascript code does stop executing when you close the webpage that loaded it. – Nick Weinberg Nov 01 '17 at 21:42
  • It's probably not a site being visited, but a browser extension. – dobey Nov 01 '17 at 21:43
  • @dobey You could be right, but I am 100% positive that sites can use the Stanford flash proxy javascript on their own, even if you have no browser extensions installed – Nick Weinberg Nov 01 '17 at 21:44
  • Sure. I wasn't suggesting possibility, but probability. – dobey Nov 01 '17 at 21:46

0 Answers0