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Shaddoch
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Post subject: Google Search Redirects Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:30 pm |
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Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:24 am Posts: 1697 Location: Minnesota
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Looks like I have a virus or trojan that is periodically redirecting some of my Google searches to other random pages. I've done some searching for fixes, and have run virus and malware scans with SecurityCheck, tdsskiller, avast Antirootkit, ComboFix, Malwarebytes, Spyhunter and AVG, and everything has come back clean, but the problem persists.
Any ideas on how to find this thing and kill it?
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Post subject: Re: Google Search Redirects Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:40 am |
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Joined: Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:36 am Posts: 1501 Location: Phoenix,Az
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reset your web browser to factory settings and cleaing cookies and temp files if that does not work try changing you dns settings as some ISP use a redirect dns when its unable to find they site your looking for and computers and routers defualt to auto dns from your ISP.
you can use level3 public dns
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Post subject: Re: Google Search Redirects Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:28 am |
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Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:24 am Posts: 1697 Location: Minnesota
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Thanks, Matrix. I reset settings for IE and Google (I uninstalled Firefox after this started happening). How do I change the DNS settings?
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Post subject: Re: Google Search Redirects Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:02 pm |
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Joined: Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:36 am Posts: 1501 Location: Phoenix,Az
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what version of windows do you have
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Post subject: Re: Google Search Redirects Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:08 pm |
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Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:24 am Posts: 1697 Location: Minnesota
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Post subject: Re: Google Search Redirects Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:19 pm |
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Joined: Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:36 am Posts: 1501 Location: Phoenix,Az
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Post subject: Re: Google Search Redirects Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:43 pm |
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Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:24 am Posts: 1697 Location: Minnesota
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Great, thanks, I'll set it up. But does the root problem still exist, or do you think it was removed and this is just symptoms of the initial infection?
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Post subject: Re: Google Search Redirects Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:06 pm |
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Joined: Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:36 am Posts: 1501 Location: Phoenix,Az
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depends on the cause,if its a hijackeror plug in resetting the browser will correct,if its a dns redirect then changing the dns will help aside from that level3 dns server tend to be faster then most isp any how so page loading might be faster for you. also from the list about you might want to give spybot search and destroy a shot it tend to be one of the better anti spyware programs out in case you have not tried it http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.htmlalso a good multi purpose tool for cleaning junk files and registry repair http://www.iobit.com/advancedsystemcareper.html
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Post subject: Re: Google Search Redirects Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:40 pm |
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Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:24 am Posts: 1697 Location: Minnesota
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Thanks, I'll run Spybot. I forgot to add ASC to my list above - I have that installed and run it regularly.
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Post subject: Re: Google Search Redirects Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:29 pm |
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Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:03 pm Posts: 981 Location: Sacramento, CA
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You may be in for a bit of work. I had this on one of my comps and it was a root virus. I think TDSS root killer finally removed it.
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Post subject: Re: Google Search Redirects Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:24 pm |
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Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:24 am Posts: 1697 Location: Minnesota
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I changed the DNS on my machine, but I don't remember the login/password for the router and some searches are still redirecting. Ran spybot and the Microsoft malware tool (in addition to the stuff listed in the OP), and re-ran TDSS Killer. Everything comes up clean. At this point, I think I'll just wipe it and reinstall the OS. Thanks anyway, guys.
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