Anti virus programs..............
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Just read this thread as I thought it may assist me over issues I have had lately which has been driving me nuts. I have been having problems with my search queries in all the major browsers re-directing (hijacking) me to totally unrelated sites. I've also been having issues in FF and Chrome with the '404 not found' error when trying to connect to Google, of all sites.
I could connect to Google from IE so tried to find out what was going on. There is a virus out there that 'hijacks' the search query and redirects but these queries I was making about a possible virus where re-directed as well!!
I reckoned I had a virus and used the info posted here. I did the following. It is correct that anti-virus apps can conflict, I found out. I downloaded finaluninstaller and removed 3 anti-virus programs that were installed. (The trial version only allows 3 free uses, I believe).
For security, I opted for MS Security Essentials, perhaps because it was free and so are the updates. I downloaded it and MS gave the advice to uninstall any other anti-virus apps. Anyhow, ran it and almost straight away it it indicated I was under threat. It took a long time to do the initial scan and frankly I wasn't hopeful that the issues I was having would be resolved.
Scan completed and it found 2 virii (?), another suspect and deleted these. I will say at this point that MalWareBytes had found nothing suspect ( I suppose it is possible that MalWare had a conflict with something else installed). Re-boot. Google fired up in FF, no error 404, same in Chrome and search queries seem to be working as they should in all browsers.
Both issues sorted in one go. So thank you people for sending me down a path that I wouldn't have thought of.
. Have a safe week.
I could connect to Google from IE so tried to find out what was going on. There is a virus out there that 'hijacks' the search query and redirects but these queries I was making about a possible virus where re-directed as well!!
I reckoned I had a virus and used the info posted here. I did the following. It is correct that anti-virus apps can conflict, I found out. I downloaded finaluninstaller and removed 3 anti-virus programs that were installed. (The trial version only allows 3 free uses, I believe).
For security, I opted for MS Security Essentials, perhaps because it was free and so are the updates. I downloaded it and MS gave the advice to uninstall any other anti-virus apps. Anyhow, ran it and almost straight away it it indicated I was under threat. It took a long time to do the initial scan and frankly I wasn't hopeful that the issues I was having would be resolved.
Scan completed and it found 2 virii (?), another suspect and deleted these. I will say at this point that MalWareBytes had found nothing suspect ( I suppose it is possible that MalWare had a conflict with something else installed). Re-boot. Google fired up in FF, no error 404, same in Chrome and search queries seem to be working as they should in all browsers.
Both issues sorted in one go. So thank you people for sending me down a path that I wouldn't have thought of.
. Have a safe week.
