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Brettster
I have a fairly virulent virus on my PC (using Windows XP).
When I Google something in any browser and click on a link. Very often
it automatically redirects to a shopping or marketing type spam page.
It's not a popup just a regular page. And hitting the back button
usually accomplishes nothing.
Here are some interesting aspects of this trojan.
1. Ad-Aware usually finds some spyware and removes it. (Spybot and
Malware find nothing.) But if you then launch a browser, it
immediately starts happening again. And yes, I've run Ad-Aware in safe
mode. Run Ad-Aware immediately after lauching the browser, and it
finds the spyware again.
2. Googling for "HijackThis" or "McAfee" causes any browser to
immediately quit ditto looking for McAfee's website in the URL field.
3. I was able to DL a trial copy of McAfee to my hard drive, but it
will not run.
Any ideas on how to defeat this trojan are highly appreciated.
Thanks!
When I Google something in any browser and click on a link. Very often
it automatically redirects to a shopping or marketing type spam page.
It's not a popup just a regular page. And hitting the back button
usually accomplishes nothing.
Here are some interesting aspects of this trojan.
1. Ad-Aware usually finds some spyware and removes it. (Spybot and
Malware find nothing.) But if you then launch a browser, it
immediately starts happening again. And yes, I've run Ad-Aware in safe
mode. Run Ad-Aware immediately after lauching the browser, and it
finds the spyware again.
2. Googling for "HijackThis" or "McAfee" causes any browser to
immediately quit ditto looking for McAfee's website in the URL field.
3. I was able to DL a trial copy of McAfee to my hard drive, but it
will not run.
Any ideas on how to defeat this trojan are highly appreciated.
Thanks!