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FoxIII

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Hi all,

I have a problem with attempting to search at the moment. Whenever I attempt a search with any search engine, with any browser on my computer, clicking on any of the results automatically forwards me to spam sites such as strange search engines, pages with advertising, etc.

I have done a virus check with AVG (which has never given me any problems in the past), I have also used Malwarebyte's Anit-malware which got rid of 7 infections and also used Revo Uninstaller to check for anything that may not have been uninstalled properly and it found nothing.

Can anyone suggest anything else that I could use to check and find whatever is causing this?

I will need a direct link as I can't search for anything (luckily I remembered the address for this forum!).

Yours unable-to-search-ably,
 

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Hello and welcome to the forum.

1. Run a full updated virus scan using your system anti-virus...

2. You might want to change your anti-virus to MSE.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/mse.aspx
MSE is a lot better and it's free..

Please let us know the results...

Which broswer do you use...
 
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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    a6530f Desktop
    CPU
    HP-PAVILION
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra3)
    Memory
    8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Sound Card
    Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W40 series widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
    PSU
    300W
    Case
    Mid-Size ATX
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
    Other Info
    Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz)

    Modem: 56K WinModem/

    Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive

    Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader

    Media Drive
I had a problem with that a while back and it crippled a laptop. Unfortunately that laptop got stolen before we could solve the problem. But some time after that I started having a similar issue with my laptop and just used a restore point right away. That solved it. If you have a restore point from before you started having this issue (I'd even go for a week before the issue started just to be safe) I highly recommend you use it immediately. You can try your hand at different antivirus software to remove it, but a restore point is is your best bet and basically guaranteed to work the first time. If you don't know how to use a restore point see this thread: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 1545
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 @ 2.00 GHz
    Motherboard
    DELL - 27d90219 Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (DPMS), 15.3" (34cm x 19cm)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Internal 320 GB
    Portable 320 GB used for separate storage of media, plugged into USB port as needed.
    Cooling
    Single built in fan
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Touchpad, + Logitech wireless mouse (USB)
    Internet Speed
    ~150 kilobytes/sec DL
    Other Info
    Usually have low HD free space left (<10 GB), often left on overnight. I really push its capabilities.
Right. I have run a full system scan using Zonealarm Internet Security Suite and it has picked up nothing. I also ran Malwarebyte's program again and it again, picked up nothing. I attempted to install MSE, but for some reason it would not install and gave no hints as to why.

I am unable to do a system restore as there aren't any on my system.

However, when I was un-installing AVG, I noticed that it said the install date was the 5th August, so it seems that it could have been related to that - I have not had any problems since with searching either.

Thanks for all your help.
 

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System One

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