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Intex wrote on 2010-08-04 01:45
Sometimes when I use Google and then click a result or move to see the images, I get redirected to this "Samantasay" url that redirects me to a page that Firefox ends up blocking.
I scanned my computer with AVG free and I have nothing.
Everything else works fine and my computer isn't slow/has pop ups.
I found a site where a guy is complaining about the same thing-
Hijacked search engines - Tech Support Guy Forums
Hijacked search engines
I work for a company that does internet rating. I often open 5 pages at a time in different tabs so I have no idea which was the malicious site. I had AVG and SuperAntiSpyware. AVG seemed to freeze up and there were pop ups that I knew were fake virus removals-I don't think I clicked 'yes' on any of them but there were pop ups from AVG and them and Firefox warnings. I ran SuperAntiSpyware and it removed some infections, mainly trojans. I then downloaded and ran Malwarebytes in safe mode and it removed more. I then downloaded avast! and it removed more as well.
When I reboot, I get a dll error and
AVG does not seem to block any sites any longer either. Now, I have a hijacked browse that I can not get rid of. I downloaded a fix on another forum which replaced a Google plug-in, (Google Antimalware fix by Chase)but all the search engines are hijacked, leading me to believe it is the browser itself. I am using Firefox.
If I copy and paste a link in the address bar, there is no redirect, but if I use a search engine and click a link-it takes me to: monstormarketplace . com from Yahoo.
pleasewaitfind TO samantasay. com TO //us.answerfinders.info/findx/fin from Bing
pleasewaitfind TO samantasay TO //www.mylocalhero. com/s for Google
Firefox closed with no warning twice today, and when it does, my computer will not open any programs, restart or shutdown. I have to hold the off button.
Even after running a virus program a day, today Malwarebytes removed 23 infected files.
Here is my log from Hijackthis which was run after Malwarebytes and working for 2 hours(which means about 100 more sites visited).
Anyone experiencing this?
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Taycat wrote on 2010-08-04 02:04
Just use Chrome.
Or Opera.
Or Safari.
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Hiccup wrote on 2010-08-04 02:05
My firefox is fine o-o
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Taycat wrote on 2010-08-04 02:06
Quote from Bieber;115085:
My firefox is fine o-o
Try to google something though.
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Hiccup wrote on 2010-08-04 02:10
Again........
My firefox is fine o-o
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Taycat wrote on 2010-08-04 02:13
Quote from Bieber;115093:
Again........
My firefox is fine o-o
Then Int needs to malware scan his computer.
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Tokiko wrote on 2010-08-04 02:22
Just tried using my Firefox everything is fine.
I agree with Xiyamae it sounds like Malware.
Try running MalwareBytes?
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Serathx wrote on 2010-08-04 02:25
Quote from Bieber;115093:
Again........
My firefox is fine o-o
Saaaaame here.
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Second wrote on 2010-08-04 02:25
You might have a rootkit.
Try running
combofix. But I don't think it has windows 7 support yet.
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abc33kr wrote on 2010-08-04 02:53
chrome ftw :D
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Ninjam wrote on 2010-08-04 07:48
Had something like this about a month ago, not sure how it slipped past avg, but all my searches were redirected to some shopping comparison sites or other stupid things, and my computer was running way slow.
Turns out, it was a rootkit, i got rid of it, but to this day i still havent been able to figure out what it did to somehow unvalidate my copy of windows. Sad thing is the os was preset on the computer, and i have no activation keys to put in.
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Andy-Buddy wrote on 2010-08-04 09:54
What's the point of making viruses anyways?
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Byte wrote on 2010-08-04 20:43
I used to get this every now any then, but, mixed in with the right virus & malware, the best you can do is reformat your computer.
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Osayidan wrote on 2010-08-04 23:31
Check your "hosts" file and paste what's in it here.
I forget where it is in vista/7 but on XP it's at c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\
It can be as simple as a hosts file hijack, or it can be something more evil.
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Intex wrote on 2010-08-04 23:45
There's only this
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost