Vista - Google problem

04-29-2008

I have a strange problem at the moment in Vista Home Premium. When I try to
search for
anything on Google (I use Firefox), the browser seems to go to sleep, and
does nothing. The
tab message is "Loading..." and the status bar message is "Waiting for
www.google.com.au...".

The problem is the same in Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera, BUT, there
is no problem in Safari, it works fine?
There is also no problem on my laptop.

I recently had a browser hijack/trojan problem that was eventually removed
by Spyware Doctor, and I suspect that is the cause of the problem, though it
doesn't explain why only google searches are impacted.

I have cleared cache, rebooted, checked proxies, searched the registry,
reloaded Firefox, all to no avail.
Has anyone seen this problem before and resolved it? It's annoying the stuff
out of me, Google is like my right hand.

04-29-2008

1st... www.google.com.au are you in Australia ?
does it happen when you just go to www.google.com ?

I would download "HijackThis" and run it, then post your log to the hijack
this group to get it analyzed.

"Roller" <geobrumby@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uBLeBbjqIHA.3548@xxxxxx

Quote:

>I have a strange problem at the moment in Vista Home Premium. When I try to
>search for
> anything on Google (I use Firefox), the browser seems to go to sleep, and
> does nothing. The
> tab message is "Loading..." and the status bar message is "Waiting for
> www.google.com.au...".
>
> The problem is the same in Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera, BUT,
> there
> is no problem in Safari, it works fine?
> There is also no problem on my laptop.
>
> I recently had a browser hijack/trojan problem that was eventually removed
> by Spyware Doctor, and I suspect that is the cause of the problem, though
> it
> doesn't explain why only google searches are impacted.
>
> I have cleared cache, rebooted, checked proxies, searched the registry,
> reloaded Firefox, all to no avail.
> Has anyone seen this problem before and resolved it? It's annoying the
> stuff
> out of me, Google is like my right hand.
>
>

04-29-2008	#1 (permalink)
Roller n/a posts	Google problem I have a strange problem at the moment in Vista Home Premium. When I try to search for anything on Google (I use Firefox), the browser seems to go to sleep, and does nothing. The tab message is "Loading..." and the status bar message is "Waiting for www.google.com.au...". The problem is the same in Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera, BUT, there is no problem in Safari, it works fine? There is also no problem on my laptop. I recently had a browser hijack/trojan problem that was eventually removed by Spyware Doctor, and I suspect that is the cause of the problem, though it doesn't explain why only google searches are impacted. I have cleared cache, rebooted, checked proxies, searched the registry, reloaded Firefox, all to no avail. Has anyone seen this problem before and resolved it? It's annoying the stuff out of me, Google is like my right hand.
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04-29-2008	#2 (permalink)
KDE n/a posts	Re: Google problem 1st... www.google.com.au are you in Australia ? does it happen when you just go to www.google.com ? I would download "HijackThis" and run it, then post your log to the hijack this group to get it analyzed. "Roller" <geobrumby@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uBLeBbjqIHA.3548@xxxxxx Quote: >I have a strange problem at the moment in Vista Home Premium. When I try to >search for > anything on Google (I use Firefox), the browser seems to go to sleep, and > does nothing. The > tab message is "Loading..." and the status bar message is "Waiting for > www.google.com.au...". > > The problem is the same in Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera, BUT, > there > is no problem in Safari, it works fine? > There is also no problem on my laptop. > > I recently had a browser hijack/trojan problem that was eventually removed > by Spyware Doctor, and I suspect that is the cause of the problem, though > it > doesn't explain why only google searches are impacted. > > I have cleared cache, rebooted, checked proxies, searched the registry, > reloaded Firefox, all to no avail. > Has anyone seen this problem before and resolved it? It's annoying the > stuff > out of me, Google is like my right hand. > >
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