Personal computing discussed
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Hawkwing74 wrote:I’m having a lot of trouble with a google search redirect virus. I think it’s a root kit. I used Kaspersky’s free tool “TDSSKiller” which removed it one time but is not now removing it. (It came back after one day). It is redirecting some but not all of my google or yahoo search results in IE or Chrome.
I have tried AVG which was already installed, Trendmicro online scan, Spybot, and none of these found the virus. My Windows Update has always been up to date.
The next thing I am going to try is look for my hosts file and see if that got corrupted. Just wondering if anyone else has any ideas.
Captain Ned wrote:Listen to Hicks & Ripley. It's the only way to be sure.
JohnC wrote:Captain Ned wrote:..an internet is quite large "place", you can't nuke all of itListen to Hicks & Ripley. It's the only way to be sure.
Hawkwing74 wrote:I will refer to this thread again if it comes back. AVG must have been updated during the day, because as soon as I got to my PC AVG found it and quarantined. I haven't seen the redirect effect since.
Thanks for all the advice.
steelcity_ballin wrote:It may not be worth much, but I ditched AVG a while ago since they 'sold out' - the software became slower and more bloated, and I just got tired of it. Glad to hear you may have it resolved though.
Hawkwing74 wrote:steelcity_ballin wrote:It may not be worth much, but I ditched AVG a while ago since they 'sold out' - the software became slower and more bloated, and I just got tired of it. Glad to hear you may have it resolved though.
2 babies, I can't afford paying for virus software right now. What do you use?
Hawkwing74 wrote:steelcity_ballin wrote:It may not be worth much, but I ditched AVG a while ago since they 'sold out' - the software became slower and more bloated, and I just got tired of it. Glad to hear you may have it resolved though.
2 babies, I can't afford paying for virus software right now. What do you use?