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05-27-2011, 04:01
Hey guys, my search engines (all of it) has been infected with a virus that redirects me to a website that sells crap. I've had it last time, but I reformatted my computer and I do not wish to do that again.
Can you guys please help me!
Thanks so much!
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check your hosts file, windows search. post it
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C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
No need to post it, blanking it works as well.
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05-27-2011, 08:26
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Oh okay.
Since I had websites inside there that contained spyware found by Spybot, I thought it was legit.
I forgot how to save hosts as a "File" format.
It saves as a Text Document. -.-
EDIT: Oh nevermind my friend helped me with it.
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just open the file with notepad, del the hosts and hit save.
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Uh just incase you should scan your comp with Malwarebytes, dont want that happening again.
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Omg the redirect is still here -.-
d0h- Yea I've done that bit
Bloopbloop- Done it several times, no infected items.
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Hmm For Firefox and Chrome, you got any strange addons/extensions?
Otherwise, the only other thing I can think of is a rootkit which would be a PIA to remove.
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Nope, never use addons. But I'll double check.
Yea I've tried rootkiller or something. Didn't work. Scanned for 5 secs?
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Rebump pl0x?
I've tried rootkit, spybot, malwarebytes and HijackThis. Still not much changes being made :|
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