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Google Redirect Virus

snickerzmom · 2010-02-09T20:57:38+00:00

Hi All, I am really confused as I am convinced I reposted my issue this morning after my (appropriate) slap for posting incorrectly yesterday...but I can't find my post. So if this turns out to be a duplicate. My apologies. I seem to have the google redirect virus, although I understand it can affect other search engines as well. I was on a corporate site a couple of weeks ago that was infected with JS:Illredir-D. Unfortunately my Spybot definitions were not up to date (by months, I didn't realise that) and I was heavily infected with viruses and trojans. I have been able to remove everything except for the google redirect virus. It is a slippery thing because everytime I think I get it, it pops back up after a few days or hours again and redirects my google search links to commercial sites of it's choosing. I have also noticed that the registry was impacted and was not allowing me to update Firefox or Adobe. (Error 1402) I have read that Windows Update gets impacted by this virus as w

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shinybeast Retired Graduate

March 2, 2010, 5:44 PM UTC

Hi Colleen,

You're very welcome.

I'm glad to hear you got the printer working. WinPatrol will require some attention from time to time but it is looking out for you.

Take care and surf safe,
shinybeast

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March 5, 2010, 7:35 AM UTC

As this issue appears to be resolved,

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