started happening out of nowhere. I type in what I want to search, hit the search button, and it redirects me to generic web searches for random ****.
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Anyone getting redirected from Google when trying to search?
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Yes! its been happening to me but only on my HP and not on my Mac
Im thinking its a virus of some sort or something
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its a virus, it happened me twice, i cant remember how i got rid of it but it wasnt that difficult.
The annoying thing is i always use google to search for solutions to viruses so i had to borrow a laptop to sort it out.
btw if u use a different search engine it should work once or twice, but then the same thing will happen woth that too.
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Okay what you guys need to do is do a system restore to a date when it was good and see if that works.
Also download a malware remover such as :
http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebyte...-10804572.html
Use Firefox, with ad block or pop up blocker by searching for it in add on's, and you won't get any trouble.
Check your home page also. Make sure it is Google or whatever.
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Originally posted by ElderlyBeater View PostOkay what you guys need to do is do a system restore to a date when it was good and see if that works.
Also download a malware remover such as :
http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebyte...-10804572.html
Use Firefox, with ad block or pop up blocker by searching for it in add on's, and you won't get any trouble.
Check your home page also. Make sure it is Google or whatever.
So if he does go down the system restore date he'll have to go back a few days further than he realises, which means losing more data.
I fixed this without doing a system restore though, so it cant be that hard to do as im useless with computers.
edit - oh yeah, ****ing with your search results is just the beginning, it starts affecting other things after a while.
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