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Name: gayl
Date: April 1, 2007 at 02:00:54 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: not sure
Product: not sure
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Hi. I need urgent help.
This website (I believe it's a search engine) keeps popping out everytime I google.
It happened just today. After I entered the keyword in the Google, Google started to list its string of relevant sites. But when I clicked on one of the relevant sites, this strange website appeared, saying "WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND RESULTS TO YOUR SEARCH TERM _________ (keyword)". Instead, it offered its very own search engine. And then another smaller window appeared presenting other most used keywords and related search sites (e.g. free videos, hot girls, funny pranks) . Btw, this search site goes by the names
Hotwebfinder
Rpicamps.com
Wordsea.com
Robogold.biz
(it changes everytime I click the diff. search sites provided by Google).
This happens everytime I google. I definitely have no intention of using this strange search site. It's so frustrating because I can't get any work done. I'm afraid that if I just allow this search site to pop out of my screen, my PC might get harmed by even more serious repercussions.
Thanks in advance for your help.




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Name: jabuck
Date: April 1, 2007 at 12:56:56 Pacific
Reply:

Please post a Hijack This log so that the files associated with the virus/spyware/hijacker can be identified.

Please download HJTsetup.exe from this link http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/files/HJTsetup.exe to your desktop.
Doubleclick on the HJTsetup.exe icon on your desktop.
By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Hijack This.
Continue to click "next" in the setup dialogue boxes until you get to the "Select Addition Tasks" dialogue.
Put a check by "Create a desktop icon" then click "Next" again.
Continue to follow the rest of the prompts from there.
At the final dialogue box click "Finish" and it will launch Hijack This.
Click on the "Do a system scan and save a logfile" button. It will scan and the log should open in notepad.
Click on "Edit > Select All" then click on "Edit > Copy" to copy the entire contents of the log and post it in this thread.

Do not fix anything yet unless you know what you are doing. This is a powerful tool that can crash the computer if used improperly.


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