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So today I go to look at my gmail on my Windows XP PC (yes it is now 5 years old) with my Mozilla Firefox browser. Gmail comes up, briefly, then disappears, leaving a URL for yontoo in the URL window.

I check my installed programs, and there is Yontoo, installed about a month ago, but I did not install it.

So I uninstalled Yontoo. But now I still have the same problem with gmail, only the URL window refers to "plus.google.com...", and I get a "Loading..." message on the screen, but nothing ever loads that I can tell.

Gmail works fine through Internet Explorer on this machine. I also have no problems getting to gmail on my laptop (IE 9), or through my Droid.

So the problem is limited to this machine, and through Firefox.

Anyone else have similar issues, and how did you solve it?

Many thanks.

1 posted on 06/05/2012 10:54:55 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2
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To: Eccl 10:2

Man, I wish I could help.
I didn’t even know what it was.
Looked it up and there are hundreds of web sites, basically saying “help”.
Because we are a Mac family, we do not run into these sorts of things often.
I wish you luck, it doesn’t seem like something easily fixed.
However, there are really smart and informed people on FR who I am confident can help you.
Good luck!!!


2 posted on 06/05/2012 11:01:28 PM PDT by svcw (If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
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To: Eccl 10:2

Check for pagerage toolbar, remove it. You may have to reload your addons also


3 posted on 06/05/2012 11:08:46 PM PDT by PeaceBeWithYou (De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
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To: Eccl 10:2

http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-yontoo-pagerage.html

i recommend malwarebytes anti malware (mbam)


4 posted on 06/05/2012 11:12:37 PM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: Eccl 10:2

Just checked, and “PageRage” is a Facebook tool. When using Google and/or Facebook products, well, you kinda deserve what you get.

See if you can find out when you installed (intentionally or not) this “PageRage” crap, and restore your system to a previous restore point.

Otherwise, I got nothing for you.


6 posted on 06/05/2012 11:13:48 PM PDT by risen_feenix
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To: Eccl 10:2

Symantec is usually the best advice I find. Here’s symantec’s Yontoo page:

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2012-052923-1931-99&tabid=3


8 posted on 06/05/2012 11:41:52 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: Eccl 10:2

I have recently discovered that I have one, or a few, redirect viruses. The first I found was “8.26.70.252”, then a beeq, and I’m thinkin I still have problems that I haven’t found yet.

I’ve run malwarebytes, AVG, and I’m about to run McAffee.

I don’t see the 8.26.70.252 anymore, altho I’m not sure I got rid of it. Malwarebytes took care of that. I ran AVG and it found a number of viruses, all in Java files, so got rid of those.

Not sure if I have other problems. I’m gonna run McAffee and see what happens with that, and then google for a while and see if I get redirected again.

I’m not a computer dude so this is really starting to suck.


10 posted on 06/05/2012 11:59:48 PM PDT by Sporke (USS-Iowa BB-61)
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To: Eccl 10:2

Yawn too,
Yawn 2...

Where, forever....Yawntoo.....


12 posted on 06/06/2012 12:05:28 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live athrough it anyway)
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To: Eccl 10:2

P.S. THere is an ADD ON for Firefox called NO REDIRECT. Depending on whether your problem is a redirect or a b.h.o. (which is redundant), that ADDON program may be of value to you as well, and good to have no matter what.


13 posted on 06/06/2012 12:08:08 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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