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IE and Firefox Hijacked and Chrome won't connect

jtjag03 · 2010-04-09T00:51:36+00:00

First, thank you for any help. I've been using Chrome as my browser. Left a few tabs open in the morning. Came home to find I had an AVG message saying it blocked some sort of attack. Everything seemed fine and Chrome was still working. I closed it down and later opened it to find that it just hangs on a blank screen without making any sort of connection. I then tried Firefox and IE and found they both connect, but have been hijacked. I restarted in safe mode and have run Spybot, Adaware, AVG, and Malwarebytes. They each found a few things which I took the recommended actions on. I rebooted back into normal mode to find Chrome still not connecting and the other browsers still hijacked. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA) Scan saved at 7:44:54 PM, on 4/8/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16850) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.

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jtjag03

April 26, 2010, 7:12 AM UTC

Thank you for all your help! I've used the links you listed and have made sure that everything is up to date.

peku006 MRU Emeritus

April 27, 2010, 5:51 AM UTC

As this issue appears to be resolved, this topic is now closed.

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