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[CWB]

hello ,

i recently took on a comp that a few "others" happened to .

the owners and *who ever* installed bogusware ... the list was fair sized and included 3 copies of anti-mal/viri programs and god-knows what else .

i installed/ran malwarebytes , changing the file extensions as was suggested in the self help . this cleaned out a bunch of crap .

two other legit anti-mal/viri programs were run and cleared out some stuff ... subsequent re-scans of all come up ok .

i was/am still getting redirects in both IE and FF ... a look with hijackthis showed about 24 of those bogus random lettered entries ... i deleted those and a couple of other items and they have not returned . yeah , i should have saved a list of them ...

still , the redirects persist but it seems to only happen through a google search (i have only tried the google search bar) and then selecting a result , typing in a url takes me to several sites with no problems .

in IE , a partial list of the places i wind up at (some after four bounces/redirects) :

tazinga.com

asklots.com

alltheservices.com

productsontvdirect.com

freecollegefinancing.com

linkbuzzers.com (one of those in a string of bounce throughs)

crossforclosure.com

FF produces similar results .

i am hoping that someone will recognize the symptoms and perhaps there is a fix in already in place , before going the full route .

[gtyhfy]

Hello CWB,

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[CWB]

thanks for the howdy .

i only run one full time resident anti-viri program . the others (anti-mal/scum/crapware) are/were run as adjuncts .

i'll get after posting in the correct section asap .

thanks again ,

CWB