Posted on 05/12/2011 7:34:45 AM PDT by stayathomemom
When I visit certain websites, Target.com, eBay.com, and Hertz.com, I am redirected (don't know if that is the proper term) within a couple of seconds to a Yahoo search page. I also discovered this morning that the same thing happens when I visit Google.com and wait about 30 seconds. I have searched for solutions to this problem and have not found a solution which seems to address this problem specifically. Last week I did find a suggestion to try a list of different things including: system restore, which wouldn't work, and running my Trend Micro Antivirus and Housecall in safe mode, which I did. The problem still persists. Has anyone experienced this same problem and found a solution?
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I've never had a problem .... Been doing this for years on multiple machines. If there is a possible problem, the only 'hitch' I could see is if both programs target the same malware file, and one erases it before the other one does - and the one who 'missed' the delete gets confused.
But, I have ignored the warnings; and have never had an issue.
“Techhies - there is too much “geek speak” in this thread to help the original poster, IMHO.”
As if Joe Sixpack knows what a Host file is, either [I do]. I look at these computer threads and see countless prescriptions how a computer can be cleaned or protected, and I guarantee that most people except Techhies are incapable of dealing effectively with security issues. It makes their head swim. I’m in the business and bail out those folks all the time. So even though I use MalwareBytes and other popular software to clean up clients’ Windows machines, I use Linux Mint on my own home and office machines. THAT ought to tell you something.
Thanks Hodar. I guess I will have to give it a try.
They don't, but I can walk them thru how to check on it and fix it if that's part of the problem.
I speak geek, but with a strong "end user" accent, because it was not too long ago I was there. Pushed through 6 Microsoft Certification exams in 6 months to obtain an MCDST and and MCSA with NO prior computer knowledge beyond that of a "know just enough to be dangerous" user. ;)
Thanx Max!!
I’ve got the Mac and the Dell on my desk and am slowly getting used to the new format and picking up email addresses from the Dell.
I’ve wanted to make the switch for more than a year after I saw my first desk top Mac. I love the photo handling system.
No bot here, I just don't think that Microsoft's licensing policy should be tolerated. And Linux really is all most users need.
Funny, I didn’t think this post was about MS licensing.
EVERY SINGLE TIME I’ve bought into the promises of Linux is ready for the typical user...I find myself disappointed.
MRU Blaster pulls all the stay behind strings out. That one and C Cleaner are the two best that I know of. Both very small programs.
all the pcs I’ve seen with this problem had one thing in common = they were missing their windows ‘critical’ updates.
does the malware block the updates or it it just that the user doesn’t do them?? not sure.
I also like hijack this for redirectors should that be an issue.
I ran GMER last night. Holy Smokes, is that thing thorough or what. I was impressed even though it didn’t find anything. Don’t have any problems and wasn’t expecting it to find anything.
I ran it once a long time ago. Did not understand what it was doing or supposed to do. Hopefully I am a bit brighter these days.
That’s good to know. I’m on the Avast forum as an “evangelist” and do this from time to time. Believe me, NO anti-virus app is 100% fool-proof.
I even had Norton 360 a year ago and malware hit it so bad, the malware would not let me re-boot the laptop. Had AVG one time, same results.
It depends on how nasty the malware is, usually I hit it first with GMER, but if I really want to detect and destroy first, I would run COMBOFIX to not waste time. Mind you, these tools are all FREE and updated by the every anti-virus guy from Norton to kaspersky to AVG, and every tech guy uses them. I am proud to say that I have never EVER re-boot the system and gave up..I always do my best to recover the hard drive before total re-boot.
I probably save myself alot of trouble because I run MRU-Blaster and C Cleaner every time I before I shutdown and or before midnight if I’m staying up late.
I don’t like Lefebvre’s anti-Israel stance anymore than you do, so I just won’t donate to him. He can’t stop me from using his freeware, either. This reminds me of the saying, “Just shut up and sing!”. If I boycotted the products of everyone that I objected to, I wouldn’t have much.
When you want to surf questionable sites I would use this easy to use version of Linux, it will run in ram or in a computer that does not have a hard drive, you can run it live when you shut down everything is gone including Mal ware and Viruses.
All documentation can be found at the home page.
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=porteus
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