I have picked up search engine hijack virus, how can I get rid of it?

by: admin Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

It redirects search engine results to spam sights, Have tried, Malware Bytes, Hitman 3.5. but no luck.

Anti-spywares can’t fix that. This is what you need:
http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208280684

The redirect virus is also discussed it these sites:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-tdss-tdl3-alureon-rootkit-using-tdsskiller

http://www.brighthub.com/internet/google/articles/66090.aspx

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5 Responses to “I have picked up search engine hijack virus, how can I get rid of it?”

Lorro Said:

Try Spybot S&D

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html
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Comment made on September 1st, 2010 at 9:19 pm
k97city Said:

Run a full scan using Spy-bot or similar program. but BEWARE–this is ONLY a temporary fix. this thing will come back to haunt you over and over again. if you are running IE, get rid of it since IE browser is weak and vulnerable to attacks like this. the solution: get Firefox and run add-ons NoScript, and Ghostery under tools option. you are the victim of click-jacking. empty your cache, clean your browser [also under tools], and BEWARE of sites like MySpace, where ghost jacking is incorporated in the ads. don’t click anything. just hit escape, shut down your computer, then reboot, run a good program such as Spybot to remove bogus cookies, then GET RID OF IE and get Firefox. BTW: NEVER, EVER download so-called ‘free’ programs from untrusted sites. good luck. been there. done that.
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Comment made on September 1st, 2010 at 10:03 pm
David Vandertramp Said:

The "Search Redirect Virus" is an ever common infection that is extremely hard to remove. You cannot remove it with the programs you have listed, or any other traditional anti virus or anti malware. This is all due to how the virus manages to infect your system.

MalwareBytes and other similar software is designed to detect and remove any viruses that install malicious software or run a harmful process on your PC. The redirect virus does neither, as it manages to take advantage of a security loophole to infect a system file. This means it can still cause the system to act up, but simultaneously "hide" from your anti virus software.

The system file it infects is one used by search engines to produce redirect requests. These requests are perfectly normal for any search engine to make. Once this system file is infected, it can manipulate this to redirect you to advertisements and other irrelevant websites.

The best way to remove this virus would be to use a program called ComboFix. This has worked wonders for me multiple times before and I can thoroughly recommend it. You will need a tutorial with it, and one I always use is here:

http://www.personalcomputerfixes.com/spyware/how-to-remove-the-google-redirect-virus/
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Comment made on September 1st, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Ds34 Said:

try glary utilities free, use the internet explorer assistant to set your home page, then if changed use hijack restore to get back home page.
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Comment made on September 1st, 2010 at 11:08 pm
 

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