sbgrace Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 My browser sometimes directs me to a site I didn't click on. Why is it doing that? Just now I clicked on Singapore Math's website from a google search. It went instead to some site in a foreign language. I got a computer virus, 3 infected files, and something with the registry with that redirected click. What can I do to prevent this from happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Time for a full-on virus scan, I would guess. Sounds like you still have something nasty like a virus running around out there on your machine. One tip - making sure your anti-virus is up-to-date, then run the scan twice, rebooting between each run. Sometimes that will flush out something that was hiding the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterflymommy Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 We had a virus on one computer that did this. It was impossible to get rid of no matter how many times I tried to clean it. We ended up having to wipe the hard drive and start over. You can start with a spybot scan or malwarebytes... but I'm no expert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 We had a virus on one computer that did this. It was impossible to get rid of no matter how many times I tried to clean it. We ended up having to wipe the hard drive and start over. You can start with a spybot scan or malwarebytes... but I'm no expert. This was my experience as well. It is probably a "Google misdirect virus." If you type a website in directly, as opposed to clicking on the Google link, you can probably get there. Also, my version would let you right click on the link and open it in a new window. If you google "google misdirect virus" (on another computer, of course!), you will find plenty of people to share in your misery. I tried everything--Norton, McAfee, Malewarebytes and a couple more, and none of them worked. I never found a solution, and neither have plenty of other people. I did have antivirus (Webroot, which I now despise) on and running when I acquired the virus. My ultimate solution was just not to use that computer for Google searches any more. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellen Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 We had a virus on one computer that did this. It was impossible to get rid of no matter how many times I tried to clean it. We ended up having to wipe the hard drive and start over. You can start with a spybot scan or malwarebytes... but I'm no expert. We had the same experience. It was impossible to remove. I'm not an expert so I hope this describe this well. Every time a virus program detected it and removed it, the virus would reinstall when we turned the computer on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarinesWife Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 This is the exact problem I am having! If i right click, open, TWICE, then the second one goes to the right site. I never even thought to use a different search engine...I just will from now on. WE can't find the virus either to remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueTaelon Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Sounds like you've been hijacked, start with Malware bytes. Pay attn to the first site it redirects to then google "remove X site". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 This was my experience as well. It is probably a "Google misdirect virus." If you type a website in directly, as opposed to clicking on the Google link, you can probably get there. Also, my version would let you right click on the link and open it in a new window. If you google "google misdirect virus" (on another computer, of course!), you will find plenty of people to share in your misery. I tried everything--Norton, McAfee, Malewarebytes and a couple more, and none of them worked. I never found a solution, and neither have plenty of other people. I did have antivirus (Webroot, which I now despise) on and running when I acquired the virus. My ultimate solution was just not to use that computer for Google searches any more. Terri We had the re-direct virus too, and a friend recommended webroot, because it got rid of hers. Didn't work for me. I did take mine to a guy, who got rid of it w/out wiping my hard drive. I also have malwarebytes, and had it when I got it. It didn't get rid of it either. BTW- I think webroot was a waste of money too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Check your internet settings. The virus is probably redirecting your internet through a proxy. If you disable that, it should be okay. Also, try a different browser. For a real fix, run a full virus scan (with boot scan, if option available) or Restore Windows. Warning: Your virus scan *MAY BE* corrupted so make sure that it is still working..... The virus can also disable windows restore (depending on how long the virus has been in your system). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Your browser may have gotten hijacked, run Malwarebytes, free download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 First I would check the browser extensions/add-ons, and make sure there isn't anything strange running. Disable anything you don't immediately recognize. Then, if that didn't clear it up, I'd go for the full scan. If that doesn't work, you may need to download a specific program to hunt down the little bugger, so get access to a second computer and use that one to figure out which virus you have and what you need to do. Dh's laptop had one of those once, and it was a pain to get rid of. I had to download two programs and run them on the infected computer via flashdrive, iirc. Took me all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMA Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 You can pay $139 or so for a company like Norton to actually connect to your computer and remove the virus. We did this once and it worked. You need to remove the virus somehow because it will affect the rest of the computer, not just your browsing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 What virus software do you use? McAfee won't let me go to bad sites without asking if I'm sure I want to go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I had this a couple of months ago---really hard to get rid of---- the Combo Fix from bleeping computer worked for me. free download Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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