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03-02-2011, 02:10 PM
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#1 | | Lomac owned my ass at least once
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| how to get rid of these damn redirects?
I've run malware anti-malware, avast, spybot and nothing seems to be working, I'm constantly being redirected to retarded sites if I click on a google/bing/yahoo link.
help!
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03-02-2011, 02:13 PM
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#2 | | das not it mane
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I had this virus during summer... Only solution I found was to reformat... Posted via RS Mobile | |
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03-02-2011, 02:22 PM
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#3 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Yup. Reformat.
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03-02-2011, 02:27 PM
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#4 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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go with HiJack this a very simple and easy program but extremely effective, http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/
it's one of the best solutions out there, will literally find almost everything that's hidden and hijacking your PC.
I been using it for years and years, it has never failed me, actually had your exact same issue the other month, thought about reinstalling Windows again but tried HiJack This, it was able to locate the files and fix the problem for me
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03-02-2011, 02:52 PM
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#5 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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is it firefox?
about:config
look for browser.search.defaultenginename
or enter some keyword regarding the funky website
remove the key ..
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03-02-2011, 06:04 PM
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#6 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Check your HOSTS file.
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03-02-2011, 08:54 PM
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#7 | | Lomac owned my ass at least once
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thanks for advice, I went with hijack this, but am unsure what to do after the scan, should I fix everything that popped up?
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03-02-2011, 11:44 PM
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#8 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by G-spec  go with HiJack this a very simple and easy program but extremely effective, http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/
it's one of the best solutions out there, will literally find almost everything that's hidden and hijacking your PC.
I been using it for years and years, it has never failed me, actually had your exact same issue the other month, thought about reinstalling Windows again but tried HiJack This, it was able to locate the files and fix the problem for me | It's effective, but so are Superantispyware and Malwarebytes. I've had a spyware on my PC that I couldn't clean it with most of the best anti-spyware programs including hijackthis, and it still didn't work.
Sometimes formatting is the only solution.
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03-04-2011, 12:33 PM
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#9 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by valent|n0 is it firefox?
about:config
look for browser.search.defaultenginename
or enter some keyword regarding the funky website
remove the key .. | This worked like a charm. Was having stupid Internet Redirects at work.
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03-04-2011, 01:38 PM
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#10 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by rsx thanks for advice, I went with hijack this, but am unsure what to do after the scan, should I fix everything that popped up? | Nooooo... Hijackthis is for advanced users that know which entries are good and which entries are bad... it is not advisable to remove everything listed.
Whatever the case, it's hard to say how to fix it... sometimes it could be something as simple has host file entries... other times running anti-malware software can fix it... but sometimes the hooks are so deep that it's almost impossible to get rid of.
I have fixed many, many computers in my time... but I have met my match on a couple occasions where I could not get rid of redirects like this.
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03-11-2011, 11:39 AM
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#11 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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03-11-2011, 11:44 AM
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#12 | | VLS Moderator
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Originally Posted by metal | ^^^ Kapersky is great. I used it when I still used Windows.
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03-11-2011, 05:31 PM
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#13 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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|  I thought I fixed my work computer from the re-directs, it's still here. Gonna try Kaspersky next week if anything.
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