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My search engine has been hijacked
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Everytime I search for something now, when I try to select a link I am redirected to http://xfindmywolrdx.com/whatimsearching for and then directed to some bullshit advertisment site that may or may not be related to what I am searching. I recently had this stupid fake anti-virus scam-virus deal pop up on my comp and have been running a couple real anti-virus joints, found and removed a few infected files but something is clearly not right still. Any suggestions?


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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
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What anti-virus are you running?  Make sure it's up to date.  Try scanning with programs like Ad-Aware, which are specifically designed for spy-ware removal.  Are you using Firefox?

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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: Jufin]
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Internet explorer, which I fear may be part of the issue. I ran trojan remover, and it found one file. Then I downloaded avast and it was able to find maybe 8 more. Neither program seems to think anything bad is currently running though. I have adaware, but for some reason it won't let me update it and it finds nothing with the old database I have.


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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
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Just get firefox and ad-aware and stop downloading from sketchy porn sites :smile:


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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
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Try this: http://www.ccleaner.com/download


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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
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You should get Firefox and see if that fixes it.  It's not a big download or anything.  And I recommend getting the latest Trend Micro Internet Security, I run it and it auto updates all the time.  Since I've had it running I haven't had one problem with any virus/trojan etc.  And I used to get shit like that all the time.

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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: Jeffedelic]
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I don't download any porn, I stream it all and it never causes problems. None of you have heard of this crazy anti-virus deal? It just comes up out of nowhere, had it happen while trying to log into myspace. Starts with a little pop up warning saying your computer may be infected and download now, and trys to trick you into sending money for this "software".  The main program seems to have been removed, but now my search engine won't work and I can't update adaware.


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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
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lol you got sucked in by those ads.

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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: Jufin]
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Possibly, it come's up like three or four times and if you click the wrong thing (ok/cancel) it installs itself. Happened to my mom, and I was able to fix it.


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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
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Def get Firefox like the others said. You wouldn't be seeing those pop ups with it.


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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: The_Ghost]
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Yeah, I've been considering the switch for a long time now. I just don't like the fact that I've been beaten.


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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
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'Beaten?' ;p. More like enlightened.


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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
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Fuck Steve Balmer, I swear he's on crack.

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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: Jufin]
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Jufin said:
Fuck Steve Balmer, I swear he's on crack.


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Re: My search engine has been hijacked [Re: ChiefThunderbong]
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Sounds like your hosts file has been hijacked.

Go to start, run, and type:
notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

It should look like this:

Code:
# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost


If it has anything else in it, delete it. It's redirecting your searches.


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