Every time I click on an interent link...say I type in "schoolcraft.com", then when I click on that link my computer takes me to a different link like one that has a list of a billion other links...definately not what I clicked on, these are sights I have never heard of before, I ran my virus scan and it says there are no viruses, but I can't figure out how to make this stop, is there any one who knows why this is happening and how to stop it? Also my homepage keeps resetting it self to googe even though I manually go in and set it as Yahoo...Please help!!!
2006-12-27 05:12:53 · 8 answers · asked by manda 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
your browser has definately been hijacked by some type of spyware. try spyware doctor to fight this, it's best spyware remover so far
download available at http://www.2-spyware.com/review-spyware-doctor.html
2006-12-27 23:56:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Browser/Homepage Hijackers are installed by Trojans. Trojans are a seperate type of malicious software and usually must be removed by programs that specialize in Trojans. Some Trojans are even further specialized and need even more specialized programs to remove them. Smitfrauds and Vundo Trojans are two examples.
This is the AVG Antispyware (also known as ewido) site. It is the best general Trojan remover available. On the left side of the page is a link to do an online scan. If you choose you can download the full service 30 free trial version.
http://www.ewido.net/en/
If AVGAS (ewido) doesn't remove it you can try the Smitfraud removal programs here:
http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm
http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php
2006-12-27 13:40:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scan the PC with standard antivirus software. If you do not have one, I can give a few links that offer free virus and spy ware removers...!You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
2006-12-28 05:42:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like your browser was hi-jacked. Listed below are some tools I use to keep programs like that from taking over my browser. I would suggest you do the Trend Micro free online scan, it will look for spyware and malware. I have also added to my list Microsoft Windows Defender, it is free also.
Anti Virus
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus-free-edition/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 - AVG Anti Virus
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ - Trend Micro free online virus and spyware scan
Protection from BHO (browser helper objects) spyware, malware
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html - Spywareblaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html - Spywareguard
Scanning for spyware and removing
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php - Ad-Aware SE Personal
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html - Spybot search and destroy
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx - Microsoft Windows Defender.
2006-12-27 13:20:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me as if your browser may have been hijacked. You should probably either uninstall then reinstall your browser or download a completely new one. If you're using Internet Explorer, I recommend that you download Firefox. It is much more secure.
2006-12-27 13:19:53 · answer #5 · answered by Miss D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
definately a hijacker, i would get adaware
www.lavasoft.com
se personal its free
get update, reboot and do a full scan
spybot also is a good choice
2006-12-27 13:22:18 · answer #6 · answered by great one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
manda ccleaner is an awesome tool to keep on ypur desktop. it is very fast and freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.www.ccleaner.com
2006-12-27 14:36:34 · answer #7 · answered by mikeeeeeeey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreeing with her.... uninstall and re-install.
2006-12-27 13:21:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋