[What do I do now?]

Hello Firefox

Thanks for your advice.

I will make a decision after further reading of the options you gave.

[What do I do now?]

A plea from a very frustrated person.

About me. I am computer literate but not too technically qualified. I am keen to learn but sometimes I don't understand all of the technical terms so forgive me. I apoligise.

My home computer started to slow down about two weeks ago. I then noticed that Google was redirecting my searches to somewhere other than where I wanted to go. I was told this was the dreaded 'Google Hijack virus'.

In the last week I have;

* restored my computer to a previous restore point.

* ran Mcafee's 'Stinger' and 'Rootkiller' software.

*ran Malwarbytes software. Upgraded to Pro version.

* tried numerous offerings from Mr Microsoft.

What happens now is the computer appears to be working fine, if a little slow. The hard disk light shows a lot of activity. Google will search for individual items but now instead of redirecting to a rogue site it crashes. I then have to shut down Explorer and start again.

I am running Windows 7, Inernet explorer 9.

All suggestions would be gratefully accepted.

I know there is lots of information and possible cures about this problem on this site already but I didn't want to go ahead and implement one without some advice first.

Thanks for you comments and time.