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Virus problem! Google Hijacker Virus
« on: July 12, 2010, 09:49:19 pm »
A lot of sites try to tell me how to remove it, yet I can't.  I've tried Malwarebyte's virus remover, as well as AVG and Advanced SystemCare.

Can someone give me the steps to getting rid of it?
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Re: Virus problem! Google Hijacker Virus
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2010, 10:14:06 pm »
Can you give more details on it? We can't suggest much without knowing a little more about it.
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Re: Virus problem! Google Hijacker Virus
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 10:34:36 pm »
Did you turn off system restore? If AVG gave you a message saying you need to reboot your computer, did you? Have you tried to manually delete infected files with tools like unlocker or rkill? [NOTE; deleting files manually can lead to complications and side effects including but not limited to system instability, broken functions, unusable programs, impaired functionality, loss of data, crashes, paralysis and death (of your computer that is). You have been warned; don't do it unless you know exactly what you're doing, and even then, be careful.]
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Re: Virus problem! Google Hijacker Virus
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2010, 10:38:50 pm »
Google hijack is, as far as I can tell, a virus that redirects your google search results to scam/advertisement websites. For example, I type "cute kitten pictures" in google, and one of the results is icanhazacheezburger.com. You would click on the link, and it takes you to ebay instead. Not sure what you can do about it though.
edit: Oops, wrong website.
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Re: Virus problem! Google Hijacker Virus
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2010, 10:45:51 pm »
Hijacking google results isn't a unique virus. There's quite a few out there that will hijack search results.
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Re: Virus problem! Google Hijacker Virus
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2010, 11:13:36 pm »
... Such as mysearchcorp.  Why do viruses like me so much today?! First a fake AV, now a google hijacker!

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Re: Virus problem! Google Hijacker Virus
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2010, 11:58:41 pm »
Lots of viruses in general today really... :P (the three computers at work from the other thread)
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Re: Virus problem! Google Hijacker Virus
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2010, 02:46:50 am »
I recommend Ad-Aware. It deals quite effectively with browser hijackers.