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Offline HellFire

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Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« on: April 03, 2011, 10:09:59 PM »
What makes this virus severe is that it's a ROOTKIT that embeds itself in the cores of your files, thereby being almost invisible to most AV & Spyware, it attaches itself to "Search Engines (ie Google, Bing or Yahoo)" sending your request to places not requested & freezing your screen!

If not taken care of as soon as possible it damages your system, etc.  What makes it worse is it's not a single virus but a MULTIPLE one in hidden files, getting rid of a couple of these REDIRECT virus' gives one a false sense of well being & security whereas the reverse is true.

Any computer repair personnel/technicians/experts who know of this problem, please advise accordingly as to HOW to get rid of it once & for all.  I scoured the internet for a FIXIT and was only able to be successful on a temporary basis, got rid of a couple on Wednesday only to find seven (7) more on an allegedly clean system today, the
problem is on going slowing the system down.

Appreciate your help, thank you.

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Offline guncrasher

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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2011, 01:26:49 PM »
this is what i got on the first google how to remove redirect virus.  before you go google on how to get rid of redirect virus 2 of the top 3 answers were red flagged by wow addon on firefox.  so be careful. also please note that epsilon company just got hacked into.  that means if you have accouns with chase, citi, bestbuy and many others they may have your account emails now.  so from now on dont click on the link that tells you your bill is due.  go directly to the website and make payment if you are like me that does all bill payment on line.  and oh yes welcome to the secure way to pay bills online :rofl.  ok this is the last edit.  i am currently changing the emails on all my bills to a new one.  hey you never know.  this actually may stop the thieves from stealing my info they already have.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5842581_remove-google-redirect-virus.html

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« Last Edit: April 04, 2011, 01:34:45 PM by guncrasher »
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Offline usvi

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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2011, 01:32:17 PM »
Firefox has a no redirect add-on that helps.
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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2011, 01:39:50 PM »
Quote from: usvi on April 04, 2011, 01:32:17 PM
Firefox has a no redirect add-on that helps.

noscrip add on has the forbid meta redirections inside no script elements (whatever that means) on their advanced tab.  I also use sandboxie whenever i go looking for info on anything and I mean everything i dont already have a link to.  you never now.

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Offline cattb

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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2011, 06:39:20 PM »
Maybe this will help
http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208283363

That malware can open a backdoor to your PC. I think I would reformat and make sure erase your MBR.
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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2011, 05:58:24 PM »
Gentlemen, thx much for ur assistance to my unpleasant dilemma & my sincerest
apologies for none response as I was attempting to do my very best in fixing my
problem.  I printed out the following in my endeavors for a FIXIT:

(A) Firefox Redirect Malware Removal   (B) How to Remove the Google Search Engine Redirect & Spyware Scanner Blocking Virus  (C)  How to REMOVE the Redirect Virus (D)  Remove Google Redirect Virus.

Followed instructions assiduously but w/o any improvement!!  Lots of time spent on this!  The system is becoming slower with many freeze-ups & earlier this A.M. my CCleaner version 3.05 disappeared from my Desktop!   This virus is gobbling up my software ... darn!
 :cheers:

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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2011, 07:18:38 PM »
Quote from: HellFire on April 08, 2011, 05:58:24 PM
Gentlemen, thx much for ur assistance to my unpleasant dilemma & my sincerest
apologies for none response as I was attempting to do my very best in fixing my
problem.  I printed out the following in my endeavors for a FIXIT:

(A) Firefox Redirect Malware Removal   (B) How to Remove the Google Search Engine Redirect & Spyware Scanner Blocking Virus  (C)  How to REMOVE the Redirect Virus (D)  Remove Google Redirect Virus.

Followed instructions assiduously but w/o any improvement!!  Lots of time spent on this!  The system is becoming slower with many freeze-ups & earlier this A.M. my CCleaner version 3.05 disappeared from my Desktop!   This virus is gobbling up my software ... darn!
 :cheers:



Format, reinstall.
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Offline cattb

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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2011, 09:25:58 PM »
Hope your not doing any online financial transactions with your PC.
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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2011, 09:54:06 AM »
Last rootkit problem I had I used TDS Killer worked like a charm
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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2011, 12:06:15 PM »
Quote from: Hungry on April 09, 2011, 09:54:06 AM
Last rootkit problem I had I used TDS Killer worked like a charm

Or at least that's what you think. The funny thing about good viruses is that you can't detect their presence.
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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2011, 07:02:09 PM »
Gentlemen:

Thx for ur inputs ... tried everything with NO success ... tried to learn more on reformatting my diskdrive but find it nigh on to impossible to
accomplish on "Vista Home Premium", hence I was dissuaded from even
attempting it.  Not an easy solution on a Vista OS reformatting wise.

Unfortunately, yes I DO have financials on my PC, I thereby disconnected
my PC & am using my OLD Windows XP PC.  Hopefully my disconnected
PC shall nullify the Virus.  Shall have to REPAIR the PC in a Computer store.   :frown:
« Last Edit: April 09, 2011, 07:04:02 PM by HellFire »
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Offline guttboy

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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2011, 11:36:07 PM »
Hellfire,

Instead of taking it to the computer store for a repair just yet, do you have the OS disks?

If so, why not use something like DBAN Boot & Nuke?

I am not the most knowledgeable computer guy but have used it in the past to wipe drives and it has been successful.

Here is the link:  http://www.dban.org/

I am not entirely certain if when the rootkit is fubar'd if this will work but you may give it a go?

Best of luck to you....

BTW....How did you get the issue with the Google redirect?
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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2011, 04:15:39 AM »
Quote from: HellFire on April 09, 2011, 07:02:09 PM
Gentlemen:

Thx for ur inputs ... tried everything with NO success ... tried to learn more on reformatting my diskdrive but find it nigh on to impossible to
accomplish on "Vista Home Premium", hence I was dissuaded from even
attempting it.  Not an easy solution on a Vista OS reformatting wise.

Unfortunately, yes I DO have financials on my PC, I thereby disconnected
my PC & am using my OLD Windows XP PC.  Hopefully my disconnected
PC shall nullify the Virus.  Shall have to REPAIR the PC in a Computer store.   :frown:

Reformatting has nothing to do with your operating system. You basically start your Vista install again and choose the format option. If you don't have the installation media then you need to get it. Once more a reason not to buy a cheap boxed system.
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Offline cattb

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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2011, 11:15:02 AM »
The system should have come with a disk. It is not hard to reformat. Make sure to make a full reformat, and if you try to save any data from the infected machine, make sure the data is virus scanned before reinstalling backed up data from a infected OS.
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Re: Warning! Severe Google REDIRECT Virus
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2011, 11:46:01 PM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on April 09, 2011, 12:06:15 PM
Or at least that's what you think. The funny thing about good viruses is that you can't detect their presence.

LOL you're kidding right?
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