Could I be directed to an English-language site, please?
I can read a little German, but I’d prefer more certainty.
Could I be directed to an English-language site, please?
I can read a little German, but I’d prefer more certainty.
I find it extremely hard to believe that any reputable ISP would do this.
I would be willing to bet that you have a google redirector rootkit. I seriously doubt it’s your ISP.
Malwarebytes, hijackthis, and most virus scanners won’t touch it.
Go to bleepingcomputers.com forum, make an account (it’s free), and ask for help.
Be forewarned, you must be patient, and the steps can be rather involved, but they will fix it. The tools to remove them are free.
I do not know enough about rootkits and the removal tools that I feel comfortable telling you how to clean them, but I have removed several from the computers at work.
My skills are so poor that this is unhelpful.
I need a link to Malwarebytes in English, please?
It doesn’t matter WHAT language malwarebytes you use. Malwarebytes will NOT fix this.
Good luck.
I had the same problem last week. The problem was only in Firefox with Google. IE was ok. I used IE to google for “google redirect virus” and basically everyone has a very hard time getting rid of it. I used a variety of utilities, then finally STOPZilla worked. (It is $10 for one year.) I’m not sure whether it worked in combination with the other stuff I was doing, or just by itself. Use IE, go to Google and search for “google redirect virus” and you’ll find a big variety of things people have tried.
This is the right answer. You can also try Malwarecrypt.com. The guy there will walk you through, step-by-step. It is a long process (takes about a week), and pretty involved. IT professionals, as I understand it, don’t go this route. They just reinstall the operating system. If that’s an option, consider it, because it’ll probably be faster.
Oh, and I’m told that the Chrome browser is actually more effective at preventing this kind of infection in the first place.
You are so wrong it is not even funny.
Seconded
Here is a direct download link to a rootkit killer that should get most of the common ones.
I shall try this ASAP.
Many thanks
Alot of computer guys prefer the OS reload route because its never going to fail, and especially with mass deployed images, it takes just as long to restore an image as even bothering to scan for viruses.
I work in small business support where “just nuke and reload” is often not the easy option. since reloading software and recreating things like file and printer shares for applications shared to 2-3 machines can turn into an all day project vs an hour or two if it can be cleaned in place.
Nothing.
Can’t even find the problem.
A bust.
Got a direct link to Stopzilla?
Notably missing from the list are all the common players, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, Covad, Verizon…
These few companies represent around 95% of the internet users in the country, so most of the places who are doing this are small fringe outfits desperate to make a couple extra bucks.
stopzilla download.
Have you tried using the rootkit killer in AVG? AVG has its own rootkit scanner that you have to run separately, its not part of the normal scanner.
According to an article in the New Scientist, the following ISPs are currently or were recently hijacking their customers’ search traffic:
I don’t know how reputable they are, but together they have several million subscribers.
There is a comment to a PC Mag article about a Google redirect virus removal tool. I have not tried it and know nothing about it, just FYI.
http://fixredirectvirus.org/?hop=dineshktl
Based on your knowledge levels, you really just need to do this. I sat down trying to describe what I would do, and I realized that, at several points, you might run into problems. These guys will have the patience to walk you through them.
GGGOOOOOAAAAAAALLL!!
Malwarebytes for the win!!!