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type a search and it redirects to famoussearchsystems.com

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When I try to use a search on firefox or yahoo my computer is redirecting me to gossip and advertising sites and will not let me get to anything. Famoussearchsystems.com is how the redirect starts. Please help.

When I try to use a search on firefox or yahoo my computer is redirecting me to gossip and advertising sites and will not let me get to anything. Famoussearchsystems.com is how the redirect starts. Please help.

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I don't see anything specific yet.

If you have the Babylon Toolbar, uninstall the extension and see

It involves going into the Windows Control Panel to remove the program, just in case the link gets removed

If that is not the solution look for solved "Redirect Virus" in comments of postings in this support forum. I don't see anything yet for the url noted in the question.

Also uninstall Yahoo Toolbar (850287) and Ask.com Toolbar if you have them and filter on things in your about:config for things that don't belong, like || yahoo || ask.com || babylon || famoussearchsystems || .  Also filter see what you get on ||homepage|| and you know what you should see.

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Try the above suggestions first. If it does not work, you can try to manually remove Famoussearchsystem redirect virus and the manual removal instruction: http://www.removemalwarespyware.com/famoussearchsystem-com-hijacker-virus-guide-to-get-rid-of-famoussearchsystem-com-redirect-virus/