redirected to a different site?
what’s up, when I’m searching for something on yahoo or google and click on the site i was searching for it redirects me to a promotion site i even go back and click again and it will bring me to another promotion site after a few trys at going back and clicking it will direct me to the site i wanted also sometimes when i start internet explorer it will say it has encountered a problem and close the window both events have just happened and was wondering if anyone else has experienced the same problems and what would cause this, thanks
5 Responses
tafetech
08 Mar 2010
Colinc
08 Mar 2010
This is a spyware infection.
Turnip
08 Mar 2010
you have got malware installed it is hijacking your browser.
malwarebytes will remove it for you.
download it, install it, update it,
then run a full scan and delete everything it finds.
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Dunbar Pappy
08 Mar 2010
This works for many folks (but not all; depends on your systems malware infection level):
Unlike typical pop-up ads
(stopped with available blockers), 3rd party cookies are entirely different critters. When PC’s (personal confusers) misbehave, like pop-up’s, going to unrequested sites, goofy warnings, etc.; one step to help reduce annoying pop-ups & unrequested websites from being displayed on your machine is to turn off 3rd party cookies, and always leave them off.
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These are general settings:
INTERNET EXPLORER: Tools> Internet Options> Privacy> Advanced:
here check ‘Override automatic….’; ‘Allow session cookies’; ‘Allow 1st party cookies’ & ‘Block 3rd Party Cookies’.
FIREFOX: Tools> Options> Privacy: Check ‘Accept Cookies from sites’
& Un-Check ‘Accept 3rd Party cookies’
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For nearly ad-free pages when surfing; use Firefox with these add-ons:
Flashblock: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433
Add block plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
Because architecture of the Internet (notably ‘Flash’ scripting), vulnerabilities are readily exploited in Internet Explorer, & it is now urgent that you
use Firefox with ‘NoScript’ add-on, which will prevent "Click-jacking’.
NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
Note: You must remove all malware currently on your system, with trusted cleaners, as some current ‘rouge’ malware will undo this change.
Dragon 8976
08 Mar 2010
sorry to say but you have spyware which hijacked your browser go to download.com and get malwarebytes or spybot S&D if the spyware won’t let you get there use another computer to download then save the program to a flash drive and boot your computer in safe mode and run from the flash drive while in safe mode either program will pick up the spyware infection and remove it
Hope It Helps
It’s a virus/spyware infection that redirects you to an undesired page. Try scanning with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. http://malwarebytes.org/