# My computer is infected with "www.searchriffic.com"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-is-infected-with-www-searchriffic-com/365092>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-is-infected-with-www-searchriffic-com/365092 "2006-07-19T00:46:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-is-infected-with-www-searchriffic-com/365092/1 "2006-07-19T00:46:56Z")

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I don’t know how it happened but on any web page I now open, the text of some of the words appear as a hyperlink with a double underline(instead of the usual single). The hyperlinking is random and clicking on any of them opens up the web portal of “[www.searchriffic.com](http://www.searchriffic.com)”.

I hate it. I have tried spybot and it didn’t help. Is there a way to get rid of this malware, spyware hijackware or whatever it is?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-is-infected-with-www-searchriffic-com/365092/2 "2006-07-19T02:07:25Z")

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Go to [http://forums.spywareinfo.com/](http://forums.spywareinfo.com/), register, and post your problem (search the archives first). They will most likely be able to help you; they’ve helped me several times.