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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 7:58pm
i have an internet redirect bug. i remember a while back, someone posted how to get rid of one, but i don't remember how to do it.
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SteveS 11/12/2011 9:10am
11/12/2011 9:10am Edited Date/Time 11/12/2011 9:11am
Most times Malwarebytes Anti-Malware can take care of those. Just make sure you're getting the real thing when you search for it and download it. There's a lot of malware out there that preys on people searching for it and accidentally getting the wrong thing because they are not careful about reading the search results and websites. If you really know what you're doing, you can always use Hijack This!, but if you don't know what you're doing you can accidentally nuke desirable things with that as well.
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jndmx 11/12/2011 2:55pm
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SteveS wrote:
Most times Malwarebytes Anti-Malware can take care of those. Just make sure you're getting the real thing when you search for it and download it. There's...
Most times Malwarebytes Anti-Malware can take care of those. Just make sure you're getting the real thing when you search for it and download it. There's a lot of malware out there that preys on people searching for it and accidentally getting the wrong thing because they are not careful about reading the search results and websites. If you really know what you're doing, you can always use Hijack This!, but if you don't know what you're doing you can accidentally nuke desirable things with that as well.
This.......

You may have to boot your PC in "Safe Mode" after you install Malwarebytes and run the scan that way so you don't have the delete and return issue.
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silvershoes 11/12/2011 3:41pm
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Get Linux. Smile
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SteveS wrote:
Most times Malwarebytes Anti-Malware can take care of those. Just make sure you're getting the real thing when you search for it and download it. There's...
Most times Malwarebytes Anti-Malware can take care of those. Just make sure you're getting the real thing when you search for it and download it. There's a lot of malware out there that preys on people searching for it and accidentally getting the wrong thing because they are not careful about reading the search results and websites. If you really know what you're doing, you can always use Hijack This!, but if you don't know what you're doing you can accidentally nuke desirable things with that as well.
jndmx wrote:
This....... You may have to boot your PC in "Safe Mode" after you install Malwarebytes and run the scan that way so you don't have the...
This.......

You may have to boot your PC in "Safe Mode" after you install Malwarebytes and run the scan that way so you don't have the delete and return issue.
x3. I have removed many of those at work. Some are more sneaky then others. Try booting in safe mode and downloading malware bytes.

There are some other programs that you can download such as rootkill that you can put on a usb drive. Some malware actually disables your start menu programs from showing and your desktop items. This will open this up so you can actually run malware bytes.

You really just need to do some research from another computer and spend some time with it.

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