Google going to random sites

murphy_san · 01-07-2006, 07:23 PM

ok, when I search with google and I click on one of the results its sometimes goes to a completely different site selling spyware software, drugs, etc.

Ive gone through virus scanning, hijackthis repair, spyware removal.

I cant seem to figure it out its driving me crazy.

Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone know what to do before I end up reinstalling everything?

**Grove** · 01-07-2006, 07:48 PM

Sounds like the symptomps of a hijacking.

Please run an online scan using at least 2 of the following:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx
http://www.pandasoftware.com/actives..._principal.htm
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/d...d=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx

Please download HijackThis - this program will help us determine if there are any spyware/malware on your computer. Double-click on the file you just downloaded.
Click on the "Unzip" button to install. It will by default install to the directory - C:\PROGRAM FILES\HIJACKTHIS\

Double click on HijackThis.exe to run the program.

1. If it gives you an intro screen, just choose 'Do a system scan and save a logfile'.
2. If you don't get the intro screen, just hit Scan and then click on Save log.
3. Post the hijackthis.log file along with any results from online scans, in the HijackThis Log Help forum. Do not fix anything in HijackThis since they may be harmless.

01-07-2006, 07:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
murphy_san Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP	Google going to random sites ok, when I search with google and I click on one of the results its sometimes goes to a completely different site selling spyware software, drugs, etc. Ive gone through virus scanning, hijackthis repair, spyware removal. I cant seem to figure it out its driving me crazy. Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone know what to do before I end up reinstalling everything?

01-07-2006, 07:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
Grove Professor/Moderator, TSF Design School Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 2,383 OS: Windows Vista SP2 32bit	Sounds like the symptomps of a hijacking. Please run an online scan using at least 2 of the following: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx http://www.pandasoftware.com/actives..._principal.htm http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/d...d=ie&venid=sym http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx Please download HijackThis - this program will help us determine if there are any spyware/malware on your computer. Double-click on the file you just downloaded. Click on the "Unzip" button to install. It will by default install to the directory - C:\PROGRAM FILES\HIJACKTHIS\ Double click on HijackThis.exe to run the program. 1. If it gives you an intro screen, just choose 'Do a system scan and save a logfile'. 2. If you don't get the intro screen, just hit Scan and then click on Save log. 3. Post the hijackthis.log file along with any results from online scans, in the HijackThis Log Help forum. Do not fix anything in HijackThis since they may be harmless. __________________ ========================================== Get Help: TSF Security Forum \| HijackThis \| MB's 5 Step Process Get Clean: AdAware SE \| Spybot S&D \| CWShredder \| Ewido \| CleanUp! Get Protected: SpywareBlaster \| SpywareGuard \| Windows Updates \| IE-SpyAd If TSF has helped you, please consider making a donation to help keep the board running.