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i am going to sites which aren't the ones i clicked on (hijacked search?)

AnonymousUser
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This is my PARENTS IN LAWS PC xpHOME UP TO DATE MACAFEE UP TO DATE, FIREFOX 3.6.8 INSTALLED 10 MINUTES AGO! I found in IE6 when clicking on google hits that i was going to unexpected sites I downloaded and installed latest firefox (3.6.8) and same problem straightaway. I have run a macafee system scan which claims to have found some trojans but says they are deleted. so there is some mal;ware which intercaepts ie6 and firefox equally

This happened

Not sure how often

== pass

This is my PARENTS IN LAWS PC xpHOME UP TO DATE MACAFEE UP TO DATE, FIREFOX 3.6.8 INSTALLED 10 MINUTES AGO! I found in IE6 when clicking on google hits that i was going to unexpected sites I downloaded and installed latest firefox (3.6.8) and same problem straightaway. I have run a macafee system scan which claims to have found some trojans but says they are deleted. so there is some mal;ware which intercaepts ie6 and firefox equally == This happened == Not sure how often == pass

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the-edmeister
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Malware or a Rootkit infection can be the cause of search engine re-directs.

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 removal help or advice about detecting and removing a Rootkit: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php http://forum.aumha.org/ http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/ http://bleepingcomputer.com