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Google 404 error and google search results hijacked

anamarin · 2010-12-06T01:49:27+00:00

I'm a real novice with this stuff and have been researching as best possible to get rid of a problem. I can't logon to google.com without getting an error 404 page not found message. And when I try and click on items that I've searched, I get redirected to Viagra and all sorts of other rubbish. Another thing that happens is sometimes when I go to google.com, it asks if I'm human and asks me to punch in the letters that appear. So overall, google.com is very inefficient at the moment and also my links from search results are being hijacked. I took googles advice, did a malware scan and nothing suspicious was detected. It then said to try Hijack this as the next option which I did. I have a log and uninstall list which I've attached below. If somebody could help me out with a solution to this very inconvenient problem, it'd be much appreciated Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 12:39:40 PM, on 6/12/2010 Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906) MSIE: Internet Expl

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askey127 Admin/Teacher

December 14, 2010, 9:56 PM UTC

anamarin,
You can delete RKill, ComboFix (zzz.exe), and SystemLook from your desktop.
I would keep TFC and run it every couple weeks to clean out old excess temp files.
I would also retain Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and scan with it every week or two.
You should be good to go.
Good luck.
askey127

anamarin

December 15, 2010, 9:31 AM UTC

You have been awesome mate!

Thank You so so much... It's really great what you guys do.

Take care

askey127 Admin/Teacher

December 15, 2010, 3:26 PM UTC

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