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mschwen · 01-20-2005, 07:19 AM

When I go to Google.com or Yahoo.com and do a search. It takes me to some other site, it is so wierd, I have deleted all spyware and it still does it. Does anyone have any comments?

elf · 01-20-2005, 07:32 AM

Download and run HijackThis save a log and copy/paste the whole thing back here. Chances are you have a simple browser hijack which can be taken care of relatively easily, but often programs like adaware, and spybot s&d won't catch it. Do not fix anything unless instructed to do so by one of our security experts as some of the entries hijackthis finds are legitimate and in fact sometimes neccessary.

CTSNKY · 01-20-2005, 11:00 AM

The "official" speech.....

Please download HijackThis - this program will help us determine if there are any spyware/malware on your computer. Create a folder at C:\HJT and move HijackThis.exe there. Double click on the program to run it.

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. Get HijackThis Analyzer and save it to the same folder as the hijackthis.log file. Run HijackThis Analyzer and type in y if you agree. The result.txt file will open up in Notepad. Copy the whole result.txt log and post it in the forum. We do not need the original hijackthis.log (unless we ask for it). Do not fix anything in HijackThis since they may be harmless.

**epos159** · 01-20-2005, 03:07 PM

LOL I was looking for the "Official Speech" but then had to get offline.

01-20-2005, 07:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
mschwen Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 13 OS: Windonws XP Pro	Search Engine When I go to Google.com or Yahoo.com and do a search. It takes me to some other site, it is so wierd, I have deleted all spyware and it still does it. Does anyone have any comments?

01-20-2005, 07:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
elf Assistant Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 6,128 OS: WinXP Pro SP2 and Slackware 10.1 My System	Download and run HijackThis save a log and copy/paste the whole thing back here. Chances are you have a simple browser hijack which can be taken care of relatively easily, but often programs like adaware, and spybot s&d won't catch it. Do not fix anything unless instructed to do so by one of our security experts as some of the entries hijackthis finds are legitimate and in fact sometimes neccessary. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

01-20-2005, 11:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
CTSNKY Knower of all that is MS Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 10,755 OS: (multiple machines) 95, 98, 2K & XP Home & Pro	The "official" speech..... Please download HijackThis - this program will help us determine if there are any spyware/malware on your computer. Create a folder at C:\HJT and move HijackThis.exe there. Double click on the program to run it. 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. Get HijackThis Analyzer and save it to the same folder as the hijackthis.log file. Run HijackThis Analyzer and type in y if you agree. The result.txt file will open up in Notepad. Copy the whole result.txt log and post it in the forum. We do not need the original hijackthis.log (unless we ask for it). Do not fix anything in HijackThis since they may be harmless. __________________ GO BIG BLUE!!

01-20-2005, 03:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
epos159 I helped the forums. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: PA Posts: 551 OS: Windows XP Home	LOL I was looking for the "Official Speech" but then had to get offline.