search navigation toolbar seems compromised - search results then redirected to spam site.
Is the search engine toolbar function compromised? Whenever perform search Yahoo or Google the first search results appear but the link redirects to a spam site (and it sets off virus alert). It doesn't happen when go to actual search site.
This happened
Every time Firefox opened
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Do a malware check with a few malware scan programs. You need to use all programs because each detects different malware. Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page .......... See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and What to do when searches take you to the wrong search website