Help my computer keeps redirecting me to a different page HELP!?

Question

My Mozilla Firefox keeps redirecting me when i click on something normal like say twitter it will sent me to some strange search browser I've never heard of. Is this dangerous or should I ignore it? I have avg and it found 3 Trojans and I deleted them but its still redirecting me I got spy bot search and destroy and it says I have no virus and I immunized my computer with that but its still redirecting me is this bad? what can it do to me if I don't do anything if you do know what to do give detailed answers so I know exactly what to do if you know of a program it has to be free I can't afford to buy one! please help me soon I'm really scared of what this can do to me!

Answer 1

You have the kind of trojan that changes your home page on your firefox browser.

You ought to have noticed some sluggish behaviour on your computer as well, although newer computers are very fast and you might not notice.



If you have IE, see if this browser has a takeover of home page as well.



AVG found 3 trojans which is good, but the home page was already altered. Do not fault AVG because it is a free program. Perhaps the updates were not up to date (set this to be daily). I have seen terrible trojans on computers running Symantec. I use Antivir, another freeby with no problems for years.



First, you can run a 'free' online virus program from trend micro which gives you the perspective of another scan.... it also removes what is found.. This will not interfere with AVG which is good as you should only install one virus program on a computer at any given time.



http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk





After this scan, try another 'free' download which is propular for these types of virus attacks.



http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10826546.html



Once you have used these 2 scanner programs, fix you home page on firefox and IE. Close all browsers and then open one to see if you are still being redirected to this strange browser page.



The true test is to reboot your system... if all is clear, you are good to go.



These types of trojans are not dangerous to you computer, but I would be wary of doing online banking. Never let windows save your passwords. I say this because you are going to sites that are questionable. It is spyware at it's worst. I have spent literally hours clearing these types of viruses from computers 'manually'. It involves shutting off running processes designed to take over your home page which was dropped on your computer when you entered a BAD site. It altered the registry to 'run' each time. Therefore it is no wonder it is still lurking on your computer as far as changing your home page.



Porn sites, hacker sites and sites that agree to including spyware for funding are to be avoided if you can.



good luck

Answer 2

Your computer has been hijacked is the techical name. The Free Edition of AVG is free because it is fairly worthless. You need the paid edition of AVG. So uninstall and try another like Avast which has a free trial. Or Microsoft Security Essentials. It is pointless to give you a link since it redirects you anyway. One of the reasons you are going through this is that you can not save like $50 bucks for a paid edition of an anti-virus. You can also try superantispyware and malwarebytes.org

And uninstall spybot search and destroy.

Answer 3

You most like have the "Google Redirect Virus" which is a virus that infects your Internet browsers and changes all the search results to send you to some advertising websites. Using the leading antivirus programs does not seem to fix the issue as it changes actual files on your computer. Instead, you should use this tutorial to get rid of it: http://www.personalcomputerfixes.com/spyware/how-to-remove-the-google-redirect-virus/

Answer 4

That sounds like a browser hijacker. It is a form of "spyware" that is difficult for virus scanners to detect. Since it is a newly formatted machine (nothing of value on it) I would suggest just reformatting it. You may also look to see if you have any restore points from before the problem began. Usually restoring the computer to a date before it was hijacked will resolve the issue. Once it has been restored, rerun Malwarebytes. If the hijacker is blocking Malwarebytes, the restore will block the hijacker and allow Malwarebytes to see it.

Answer 5

you can try an download a program called Malware Bytes, update it then do a full scan you may need to scan several times

Answer 6

I don't know much about computers but try using a different browser.

Answer 7

download malware bytes and run it

you have a virus