Fetch Softworks

Bug? Virus? Malware? Problem with copying and pasting directory names (7 posts)

• Started 10 years ago by Michael Everson
• Latest reply 10 years ago from Michael Everson

• Michael Everson Member

  So for many years I have put the mouse on a file name and Command-C copied it from the Fetch window and pasted it into e-mail, to tell people to get a certain document. Normally it has copy-and-pasted this way:

  http://www.mysite.com/public_html/filename.html

  A while back I noticed that this had changed to:

  http://www.mysite.com/public_html/onulaguxiv.html/filename.html

  Weird, I thought. So I looked and I found that there was actually a file called "onulaguxiv.html" in my directory. What is this? I wondered. So I downloaded it and double-clicked, and sure enough, it was a file that led me to some porn-site or other. Bleah, I said. So I deleted the file.

  Well, I'm still getting http://www.mysite.com/public_html/onulaguxiv.html/filename.html when I copy-and-paste... and my ISP says they can't find spoor of the thing.

  Any idea what is wrong here? Is it something in Fetch? Something in my directory? The ISP have run a virus-check and found nothing.

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi,

  It sounds like there's a problem with your WebView setup. You should select a file, hold down the Option key and click the WebView button. What address does it show?

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Michael Everson Member

  Thanks for your response! Alas, the address is the same:

  http://www.mysite.com/public_html/onulaguxiv.html/filename.html

  Edited 10 years ago #

• Michael Everson Member

  Ah. I find that if I go in to prefs and delete everything there the default I get is:

  http://www.mysite.com/public_html/filename.html

  Say, can WebView be set so that it only displays as:

  http://www.mysite.com/filename.html

  ?

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Do you see the correct file when you put http://www.mysite.com/filename.html into your web browser?

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Michael Everson Member

  Ah. I find that if I go in to prefs and delete everything there the default I get is:

  http://www.mysite.com/public_html/filename.html

  Say, can WebView be set so that it only displays as:

  http://www.mysite.com/filename.html

  ?

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Michael Everson Member

  Yes, I see the correct file when I put what you wrote into my browser

  Posted 10 years ago #