I google or Yahoo say "nba play off schedule" The results will say nba.com. I click on it and it takes me to some other web site today it was a bank in Europe?? I use firefox on my 5 year old desk top and it does n0t do this? If I know the exac
I do a yahoo or google (default) search. something easy like nba playoffs. in the search options i see nba.com I click it and it takes me to things like tazinga or gimme answers or search.com?? Is this concidered redirect? how do I get rid of it?
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Probably caused by Malware or a search re-direct Rootkit.
Install, update, and run these programs in this order. They are all free for personal use, but some have limited functionality in the "free mode" - but those are features you really don't need to find and remove the problem that you have.
(Not all programs detect the same Malware.)
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
SuperAntispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/
AdAware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized Malware or Rootkit removal help:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://forum.aumha.org/
http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/
http://bleepingcomputer.com