| Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | danielroofer | 6/23/10 5:36 PM | It seems that so many people are having problems understanding how these strange redirects work and what causes them that a quick write up was was needed. I hope this explains things.... Q) I am getting redirected after doing a search, it happens al |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | danielroofer | 6/23/10 5:42 PM | Feel free to discuss your issue with other folks here please remember that this is a web search forum and not a malware forum. The regulars here cannot offer 1-1 support for virus/malware removal. |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | Thomas P. | 6/23/10 7:27 PM | In general: If you see suspicious pop-ups, unwanted toolbars, redirects, strange Google search results then see also: http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/topic.py?topic=13930 |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | tigger8473 | 6/24/10 2:04 PM | Try Hitman Pro 3.5.6. It is currently the only AV that is capable of detecting all variants of the Rootkit responsible for causing unexplainable redirects: http://www.surfright.nl/downloads/ |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | wwwallyh | 6/24/10 3:40 PM | If you guess the number I'm thinking and post it backwards in a foreign language I will not offer 1 on 1 support either |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | guin.white | 7/18/10 12:23 PM | I'm using Firefox 3.6.6, and I've tried just about every malware removal tool / antivirus app, and I'm still getting the google web search redirect thing. For me, it's different every time I click. Sometimes redirects to http://mysearchcorp.com, then to w |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | danielroofer | 7/19/10 12:50 AM | @guin.white FWIW - mysearchcorp [dot] com and web-search-api [dot] com are both owned by the same company: http://www.whois.net/whois/web-search-api.com.com http://www.whois.net/whois/mysearchcorp.com.com So many different types of re direct out |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | bigmouthblog | 7/22/10 3:37 PM | If you're using firefox, check if there are any extensions you don't recognize. I was having a redirect problem that no AV scanner could detect. I finally realized that an extension that they were being caused by an extension I didn't recall instal |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | vinhkhoa | 7/23/10 12:32 AM | Thanks bigmouthblog for pointing out that firefox addon could be another place for malware to attack. And in fact it happens to me. I just checked and found out that my firefox has an addon that I'm not aware of called "Firefox Security 2.0" with the |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | Aouie | 7/23/10 2:44 PM | Several programs, including Malwarebytes and Avast, didn't fix my issue. Combofix [ http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix ] appears to have fixed the issue. I was getting redirected to Web sites that appeared related to the se |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | tech012345 | 8/26/10 11:10 AM | can it affect my nintendo consoles? |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | ffinybryn | 8/30/10 12:40 PM | Q) So this is a Google only thing? A) Yes Q) What are you going to do about it? A) Absolutely nothing. That's your problem. Q) A quick Google search throws up hundreds, if not thousands of similar (if not better) search engines, I suppose I |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | vermafam | 9/2/10 11:23 PM | When I search on Google, I get the search result page and before I can decide which one to click I get redirected to http://www.google.com/webhp?ech=1&psi=IYqATODwFY-2ngfg-rj5AQ12834930751481&emsg=NCSR&ei=SIyATOKCAcXhnAfIgKXxDg Which apparently look |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | Jack24 | 9/8/10 4:06 AM | When i search not only does it redirect me to many diiferent search engines. but also to loads of retail outlets which are very unrelated to my search. for e.g. i was looking for a laptop and i clicked on currys then was redirected to an american clo |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | mkoch | 9/14/10 12:01 PM | I have never had problems with this PC. I switched from Brighthouse to Verizon FIOS and learned a lesson - NEVER switch from one Virus protection to another and leave your ethernet cable plugged in. Download the new Virus scan unplug the ethernet cor |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | Mighty_au | 9/15/10 8:57 PM | I have the same problem with Firefox browser that random Google search results was redirected to http://mysearchcorp.com and then forwarded to a page on http://stream-search.net just few days ago. I've tried all anti-virue/anti-malware tool that claims to be able |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | 899bubble | 10/2/10 5:41 PM | http://ask.com yahoo msn are all good search sites |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | Efran | 10/10/10 11:29 PM | First of all I love Google search engine,but I've been encountering a hell of a lot of redirecting to off the wall sites and encountering adware and spyware problems due to to this and language changing and this is on my desktop. I'm not traveling an |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | Alan MacDonald | 10/11/10 6:25 AM | I've noticed just now (10/10/10) that Google searches (particularly for terms that I have used, such as "empire-warfare" related to class-warfare) are bringing me to a site called Scour. I'm apprehensive, particularly in this time of national securi |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | Alan MacDonald | 10/11/10 6:39 AM | I just reviewed Mighty_au and Efran above, and think that this is symptomatic of what I experienced --- including being attacked by a "Trojan.fake AV .... gen". I wonder whether, as Mighty_au suggests that "random Google searches" are precipitating |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | eafan | 10/23/10 4:19 PM | I'm also being sent to sites like Scour. Scour says something like 'a search engine that combines results from Yahoo, Google,etc.' It's only happened since I used Google's new search features. The one where it brings up websites automatically. |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | comeon | 10/27/10 12:37 PM | All I know is removing this thing has taken days and many different virus programs. |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | Cauthon75 | 10/31/10 6:06 AM | I appreciate all the help; I wondered if I might be the only one with this problem, and whether (see below) it was specifically a political dirty trick; will try some of the suggested fixes and see if can nuke the bug: This morning I was reading my |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | mkoch | 11/2/10 9:03 AM | My Post received several answers. It was a MBR (Master Boot Record) virus. Even after doing a factory restor the little bugger still showed up since I didn't do a reformat. But then along came the new version of HitMan Pro - thank you it found and fi |
| Re: Google Redirects Me to Some Other Search Engine - Help! | RMASAT | 11/11/10 11:06 AM | I have the same problem, fresh installed computers, W7, Xp Home, etc, click on any google link it pop ups a google analytics window and forwards me to an search engine. What the hell is going on? Any advice? Thx folks! |
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