MLP Google Links Redirectiong to Malicious Sites?
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Makeitstop
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The same thing happened to me for a while, only on Bing. I'd do a search, and when I clicked a link it went to a completely irrelevant site. I updated FF and it seems to have gone away.
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Generally those kind of virus'/malware get into the registry, all the anti-virus programs will do a registry scan and nuke them.
The only problem is with some of the new ones, they are very good at going undetected by things like Malwarebytes as they look like a running, legitimate process to the computer. There are a few little DOS programs (search rkill.exe) that are designed to stop the active processes before a scan, then the anti-virus program can pick it up and get rid of it.
I had to deal with one the other week that got past my AV and manged to stop me getting on the internet at all to even search for a way to remove it. Had to use safe mode to find a solution and download the programs.
Hope you get it sorted out Dice.
The only problem is with some of the new ones, they are very good at going undetected by things like Malwarebytes as they look like a running, legitimate process to the computer. There are a few little DOS programs (search rkill.exe) that are designed to stop the active processes before a scan, then the anti-virus program can pick it up and get rid of it.
I had to deal with one the other week that got past my AV and manged to stop me getting on the internet at all to even search for a way to remove it. Had to use safe mode to find a solution and download the programs.
Hope you get it sorted out Dice.
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I dumped Fire Fox when IE 8 came out. I have had ZERO problems. I used to be an avid Firefox person. I saw that microsoft was taking all this more seriously now and I knew that it was time to change. I think I did it at the right time. I have had many friends with the same problem as diceman. I have been trying to save an employees PC for the last three days. Alas I think he is screwed. I had him save what pics/files he could to a disk. I am going to wipe the HD and start over. Get out of Firefox for a while at least, till they figure it out. They have been highjacked!
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