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Help with Computer (Redirects in Search Engine)
7-9-2011
| raybbr
Posted on 07/09/2011 9:03:47 PM PDT by raybbr
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:03:56 PM PDT
by
raybbr
To: raybbr; ShadowAce
Running XP Pro on an older Lenovo laptop.
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:04:40 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
To: raybbr
I would try to make sure all your browser add ons are deactivated. I then might just delete then reinstall your browsers.
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:08:11 PM PDT
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
To: raybbr
Your hosts file (local DNS) is compromised. Google it from another PC.
4
posted on
07/09/2011 9:09:15 PM PDT
by
DigitalVideoDude
(It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. -Ronald Reagan)
To: raybbr
Your hosts file (local DNS) is compromised. Google it from another PC.
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:09:26 PM PDT
by
DigitalVideoDude
(It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. -Ronald Reagan)
To: raybbr
Try the portable version of Super Anti-Spyware run from a flash drive. www.superantispyware.com
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:10:49 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
To: DigitalVideoDude
Your hosts file (local DNS) is compromised. Google it from another PC.Google what?
7
posted on
07/09/2011 9:10:49 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
To: DigitalVideoDude
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:11:35 PM PDT
by
DigitalVideoDude
(It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. -Ronald Reagan)
To: raybbr
I always give System Restore to a date before the occurrence a try.
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:13:43 PM PDT
by
John W
(Natural-born US citizen since 1955)
To: raybbr
Sorry. Google “host file hijack fix” or “host file redirect fix”.
10
posted on
07/09/2011 9:14:59 PM PDT
by
DigitalVideoDude
(It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. -Ronald Reagan)
To: raybbr
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:15:30 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." - Bertrand de Jouvenel des Ursins)
To: raybbr
12
posted on
07/09/2011 9:17:49 PM PDT
by
lastchance
("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
To: raybbr
There is a file with no extension at
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts
that can be opened and edited using Notepad. It can contain hardcoded paths based on domain names and partial url addesses, and instead direct anything to a specific IP address rather than looking up the IP address at a public DNS server.
I don’t know if DigitalVideo is right that this is your problem, but it won’t hurt to open the file and delete any lines from the bottom that do not begin with a # symbol.
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:20:27 PM PDT
by
Kellis91789
(There's a reason the mascot of the Democratic Party is a jackass.)
To: lastchance
I agree. You need TDSS Killer.
System restore will NOT work.
My wife had this on her computer, and TDSS Killer was the only thing that worked.
However, it *only* works if you run it from the desktop, for some reason.
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:22:31 PM PDT
by
EvilOverlord
(Socialism makes workers into slaves and couch potatoes into kings)
To: Kellis91789
Only one listing at “C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts” and it doesn’t have # in front of it.
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:30:12 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
To: raybbr
Go to tools,
then add ons,
Look for Yahoo toolbar and click options
on the left you will see some boxes with checkmarks
look for the ‘enable 404 assist’ If that box os checked, uncheck it.
I was having the same problem and this fixed it for me. I may have rebooted afterwards. But I stopped getting the redirect after I did this.
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:31:23 PM PDT
by
Netizen
To: Trillian
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:33:00 PM PDT
by
Conservative4Life
(Those who don't learn from the past are condemned to repeat it. Elections have consequences.)
To: Netizen
Kind of like my advice. Eliminate all ad ons including extra tool bars.
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:35:14 PM PDT
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
To: EvilOverlord
Downloaded TDSS and put it on the desktop but it won’t run. Any ideas?
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:36:25 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
To: UB355
I like some of my add ons. I just didn’t like Yahoo taking over the search engine.
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posted on
07/09/2011 9:37:50 PM PDT
by
Netizen
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