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Why am I being redirected to suspicious websites while Google searching?

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When I perform a search for websites with Google, it brings up the suggested list of sites as usual. But when I find the website I'm looking for in the list and click on it, I am redirected to other websites that I was NOT intending to view. I then go back to the Google list and attempt to click the site again but I'm then redirected to yet another unintended site.

Operating system

Windows XP

When I perform a search for websites with Google, it brings up the suggested list of sites as usual. But when I find the website I'm looking for in the list and click on it, I am redirected to other websites that I was NOT intending to view. I then go back to the Google list and attempt to click the site again but I'm then redirected to yet another unintended site. == Operating system == Windows XP

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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