google redirect

[Demolition]

my google searches keep getting redirected to some crazy ad websites and some other random sites, i know this is some sort of infectiong but malware bytes and microsoft security essentials dont pick it up, does anyone know any other good freee antivirus tools that would help? WMSRT doesnt pick up anything either, any suggestions?

 

[ghettosmurf]

I'd recommend Spybot Search & Destroy.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

 

[Demolition]

thanks for the tip, ran spybot and found 2 problems, fixed them but some of the searches still get redirected

 

[Snipeye]

I use AVG as well. If all else fails, you may want to just reinstall Windows. Any idea where you could have picked up a virus?

 

[Demolition]

i dont really know where it could of come from, i would try to reinstall windows but im not sure about what kind of stuff i need on my computer, drivers and such im not a fairly new computer and i dont know about a lot of the things that are already installed on the computer that may or may not need to be reinstalled

 

[Muffs]

Could try combo fix

 

[Demolition]

yeah i tried combo fix with otl and google still redirects me, so annoying

 

[Dankfrank]

malwarebytes?

 

[Mikkel]

What browser are you using?
Does this occur when using the search bar in top of your browser, or on www.google.com?

 

[Ric]

Redirections could occur from an altered host file, which is what spyware/malware usually do.

Windows 7, navigating to the host file:

1. %systemroot%\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\
2. Show hidden folders in Windows 7, press the ALT key while in Explorer to bring up the File menu. Click on Tools and then Folder Options.
3. Click on the View tab and then click on the Show hidden files, folders, and drives radio button under Hidden files and folders. Click OK after done.
   
4. Click Start, type in "Notepad" in the search box. When it appears, right click it, left click "Run as administrator." Click OK or Allow on the box that appears.
5. Click File > Open the top. When the box opens up, change the type from .txt documents to ALL files. Navigate to the Host file and open it up.
6. Post your host file information here. For example, this is my host file.

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost