google redirect virus
Hey basil, I tried googling something earlier but it redirected me to a bunch of different sites
I looked it up on my phone And apparently it's called google redirect virus
I'm running malwarebytes right now, but the scan is taking forever
I also read a lot of articles online, apparently it's hard to remove ?
If anyone has experience with this thing please comment
Is formatting my computer a bad idea if I can't remove it? As long as I save my documents onto a flash drive it should be fine right ?
July 21, 2012
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Guys this is crazy I think i got it again -.-
after i checked the first time im sure i removed it, even googled something to make sure
now its back
EDIT: fixed it yet again, but i've been getting a lot of these burstnet.c0m popups, idk what they are but it concerns me
I highly recommend getting RKill (it's completely safe, bleepingcomputers has the program) and make sure your Malwarebytes is actually updated...otherwise it won't be functioning properly (including doing an actual full scan on all drives).
[quote=davids96]I keep getting this AVG search thing instead of google, any help please?[/quote]
AVG isnt a virus, go to your search engine's and change it.
Guys, i solved the problem by using FixTDSS (and it only took like 5 minutes )
Formating my computer seems like a lot of hassel @_@
Is there a way to prevent this from happening in the future? malwarebytes did not detect this
are there other programs i should use in conjunction with malwarebytes for more security? or is one enough? (im not really tech savvy so I dont know this stuff well)
[quote=RandomGenius]Is formatting my computer a bad idea if I can't remove it? As long as I save my documents onto a flash drive it should be fine right ?[/quote]
Just to answer this part, formatting the hard drive erases EVERYTHING, including any viruses that have infected the system.
It removes all the contents and leaves the hard drive in the same condition it was in when it was brand new, with nothing on it.
Formatting is usually a "last resort" action if a virus can't be successfully removed any other way, because it essentially destroys everything on the computer including Windows and any files and programs you have installed, AND any infections that can't be removed otherwise, leaving the hard drive completely blank.
You would then have to reinstall Windows and all the special drivers needed to make your video, sound and possibly WiFi work.
You would also have to reinstall all the programs you want, and any files you backed up to USB hard drives or flash drives.
[quote=RandomGenius]I'm running malwarebytes right now, but the scan is taking forever[/quote]
It can take me 6 hours to get through a full scan. Keep scanning until Malwarebytes comes up clean. If the problem continues to persist, then use [url=http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363]TDSSKiller[/url], a specialized rootkit remover tool.