Redirects

xoxoxoBruce · 05-16-2010, 11:55 PM

In both IE-7 and Firefox, I have the default search set to Google. So I type something in the search box and hit search, sure enough the Google results come up.

But then, when I click on the Google links, maybe 70% of the time I get redirected. Not porn sites, and different sites each time.

Now if I click the Google link on my desktop, Google opens in the same IE-7. I can enter a query and the Google search results come up the same as when I search from the IE-7 and Firefox search boxes. But now I can click on any Google link without a redirect.

WTF?

Undertoad · 05-17-2010, 01:03 AM

Possible infection? Via bogus toolbars maybe?

Gravdigr · 05-17-2010, 01:19 AM

Set it on fire. Now!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-17-2010, 02:04 AM

Could be an infection, but AVG, Malwarebytes, and MS malicious code removal, can't find it.
No tool bars other than the ones IE-7 and Firefox came with. I even reinstalled IE-7. And the original query goes to the real Google, it's the Google links that get redirected. Other links, from other sites go through fine.

spudcon · 05-17-2010, 05:53 AM

It's the Chinese commies!

squirell nutkin · 05-17-2010, 08:02 AM

Bruce,
I had the same thing, I think it is called pagehijacker virus
I had it and had to switch to chrome. I tried rubotted, malwarebytes, avg, kaspersky, and a couple of others I don't recall. Nothing.

Chrome helped. Maybe it's a nefarious plot by google to get people to switch to chrome.
/tinfoil hat

GunMaster357 · 05-17-2010, 09:05 AM

I use "Spybot - Search & Destroy" to kill malware and "BitDefender - Total Security 2010" for everything else.

Also, if at all possible, I never install toolbars in any of my navigators (IE8 / Firefox 3.6 / Opera 10, etc...)

Gravdigr · 05-17-2010, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunMaster357

I use "Spybot - Search & Destroy" to kill malware and "BitDefender - Total Security 2010" for everything else.

Also, if at all possible, I never install toolbars in any of my navigators (IE8 / Firefox 3.6 / Opera 10, etc...)

Word.

Flint · 05-17-2010, 03:21 PM

If you spend more than an hour on something you should have just reloaded Windows.

spudcon · 05-19-2010, 11:46 AM

Secunia PSI found unpatched weaknesses in Chrome. I uninstalled it.

classicman · 05-19-2010, 12:32 PM

engrish transration prease, mr. potatoman

lumberjim · 05-19-2010, 08:31 PM

jinx and I had this issue with our desktop. mbpark (who we STILL owe cookies to) recommended the ultimate bootcd. As I understand it, it boots to a faux windows environment, and lets you run antivirus and malware apps without the indigenous windows OS that the virus is hiding in. you build this disc, boot to it, and run the avg and malware, and it scrubs the gunk off your schmizzle.

i mailed a boot cd to bruce today. he says he's gonna get a new windows 7 system cuz he's due anyway....but, for those of you that have had this issue.....try the ultimate boot cd cure. it worked for us.

SteveDallas · 05-26-2010, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

If you spend more than an hour on something you should have just reloaded Windows.

From a [former] cow-orker:

Quote:

But I don't want you to just wipe it out and start over. I want you to actually figure out what the problem is and fix it!!

SteveDallas · 05-26-2010, 05:29 PM

I'll have to try the boot CD. My daughter's has it... completely resistant to all antivirus etc. I've tried. Well I should say it's what's left over after I cleaned it up from being so fucked up it would run programs you double-clicked on because it didn't know what to do with a .exe file. And of COURSE, "no, I didn't notice anything." grrr.

lumberjim · 05-31-2010, 08:13 AM

did you get the disc, squirrel?

05-16-2010, 11:55 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Redirects In both IE-7 and Firefox, I have the default search set to Google. So I type something in the search box and hit search, sure enough the Google results come up. But then, when I click on the Google links, maybe 70% of the time I get redirected. Not porn sites, and different sites each time. Now if I click the Google link on my desktop, Google opens in the same IE-7. I can enter a query and the Google search results come up the same as when I search from the IE-7 and Firefox search boxes. But now I can click on any Google link without a redirect. WTF? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-17-2010, 01:19 AM	#3
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Set it on fire. Now! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-17-2010, 02:04 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Could be an infection, but AVG, Malwarebytes, and MS malicious code removal, can't find it. No tool bars other than the ones IE-7 and Firefox came with. I even reinstalled IE-7. And the original query goes to the real Google, it's the Google links that get redirected. Other links, from other sites go through fine. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-17-2010, 05:53 AM	#5
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	It's the Chinese commies! __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

05-17-2010, 08:02 AM	#6
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Bruce, I had the same thing, I think it is called pagehijacker virus I had it and had to switch to chrome. I tried rubotted, malwarebytes, avg, kaspersky, and a couple of others I don't recall. Nothing. Chrome helped. Maybe it's a nefarious plot by google to get people to switch to chrome. /tinfoil hat __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

05-17-2010, 01:03 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Possible infection? Via bogus toolbars maybe?

05-17-2010, 09:05 AM	#7
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	I use "Spybot - Search & Destroy" to kill malware and "BitDefender - Total Security 2010" for everything else. Also, if at all possible, I never install toolbars in any of my navigators (IE8 / Firefox 3.6 / Opera 10, etc...) __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

05-17-2010, 03:21 PM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	If you spend more than an hour on something you should have just reloaded Windows. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-19-2010, 11:46 AM	#10
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Secunia PSI found unpatched weaknesses in Chrome. I uninstalled it. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

05-19-2010, 12:32 PM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	engrish transration prease, mr. potatoman __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-19-2010, 08:31 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	jinx and I had this issue with our desktop. mbpark (who we STILL owe cookies to) recommended the ultimate bootcd. As I understand it, it boots to a faux windows environment, and lets you run antivirus and malware apps without the indigenous windows OS that the virus is hiding in. you build this disc, boot to it, and run the avg and malware, and it scrubs the gunk off your schmizzle. i mailed a boot cd to bruce today. he says he's gonna get a new windows 7 system cuz he's due anyway....but, for those of you that have had this issue.....try the ultimate boot cd cure. it worked for us. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-26-2010, 05:29 PM	#14
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I'll have to try the boot CD. My daughter's has it... completely resistant to all antivirus etc. I've tried. Well I should say it's what's left over after I cleaned it up from being so fucked up it would run programs you double-clicked on because it didn't know what to do with a .exe file. And of COURSE, "no, I didn't notice anything." grrr.

05-31-2010, 08:13 AM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	did you get the disc, squirrel? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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