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Unwanted searches
Name: rkking Date: April 12, 2006 at 09:18:57 Pacific OS: windoes xp 2002 sp2 CPU/Ram: AMD athalontm 64 processo Product: build
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When I click on links my browser is being redirected to unwanted searches. I had Unspypc and used adaware, Mcafee, Microsoft antispyware and AVG. Any advice?
Another thing you might try is Stinger, you can google for those.
Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks
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Response Number 2
Name: rkking Date: April 15, 2006 at 08:04:30 Pacific
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I ran all of those i am still having the follwoing problem. If i do a search, and click on a link, I get redirected to a search engine site or ebay with some part of the text in that programs search function. If i go back and click on the link i am still redirected. the third time it goes to the correct place.
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Response Number 3
Name: rkking Date: April 19, 2006 at 09:42:31 Pacific
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do no replies mean the technical people are stumped?
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser4Real Date: April 19, 2006 at 13:06:27 Pacific
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You have a re-direct some where and this sounds a lot like a Host file redirect, classic symptom.
There is a program that will scan for host files, you may have more than one. There is malware that will create it's own Hosts file. The program is called HostsFileReader by Explicit Software Solutions. Google for the link.
Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks
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