OT:Google hijack

[Twayne]

In
For those who used downloaded, large hosts files, you'll also find a LOT of
Google addresses you should leave in the hosts file; there is everything
from lookalikes to very similar names to outright obvious redirects that are
purposely in the hosts file to prevent just that sort of thing. Without
scrutinizing any entry you remove, you might remove a black-hat/malicious
site that seems to be but really isn't Google.
AFAIK MS has the highest number of Google addresses in its downloadable
data base (others not so many). My sister had lost contact to her art
newsgroups she's used for years last summer and I finally found them in her
new hosts file she'd just installed from MS. Once I got it straightened out
and the corrected entries put into her hosts, all was fine. It was more a
typo than anything else: The builders of the list were a little too
inclusive in picking out the bad guys. I notified them but have no idea
whether they took action or not.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[Twayne]

In The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'

I bet you are using IE. This browser hijack likely has
nothing to do with google. Have you tried Spybot yet? Also clear out your
temp internet folders and jars if you
have java installed.

Spybot also makes hosts entries on its own. It's worth checking them see if
a user inadvertantly added a Google address to spybot s&d by accident.
Fortunately, with spybot, it also puts headers in the hosts file so you can
tell which ones were added by spybot. There are other programs that do the
same thing. I find it a very useful feature and as such usually run spybot
before I run other malware detectors.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[Doum]

Sorry, I'm aware it's not exactly the right group but if you can guide
me in the right direction.

When I do a search in Google and I click on a result, I'm redirected
to all sort of pages that have nothing to do with my search.

I did a scan with ZoneAlarm Security suite, SuperAntispyware Pro and
Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes found one infected file and remove it but
it wasn't related with the Google problem.

Any idea.

This time, Google is NOT my friend.

TIA

Thanks to all.

I didn't have much time to work on the problem this weekend. I tried the
Kaspersky boot CD, the scan took about 30 hours (4 hard drives), it found
some stuff, but I must have missed something because when I restarted the
Google problem was still there.

Finally this morning I restored a 100 days old Ghost system image, re-
updated everything that needed it, installed Firefox and T-Bird and all
seems to work, even the videos in FF, where it all began.

I'll see how it goes from here.