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Dana B	Does this mean I have a virus?		Lead	[-]
Posts: 3608 03/13/2012 8:09 PM That other Dana	Whenever I search something on Google and click one of the top results, I get sent to sites that aren't what I clicked. They're just useless sites that don't provide me with any info. I haven't seen anyone else on here mention this happening so I'm assuming it's just my computer
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Prada		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2271 03/13/2012 8:17 PM	I downloaded Mozilla (Firefox?) and it downloaded Bing. I can't remove Bing to save my life and my computer does the same redirect thing to useless sites when I try to google something. Horrible. I'm ready to take my computer in and pay the money to have it fixed since it makes me want to throw it against the wall! I thought it might be a virus as well, but I've run all kinds of virus stuff and nada. Annoys the hell out of me!
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miranstarr		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5311 03/13/2012 8:20 PM	That's happened to me before. Turns out I had a root virus and I used the TDSSKiller to fix it. Since then, I haven't been redirected to ads when I use Google.
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Prada		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2271 03/13/2012 8:24 PM	miranstarr wrote: That's happened to me before. Turns out I had a root virus and I used the TDSSKiller to fix it. Since then, I haven't been redirected to ads when I use Google. What is this TDSSKiller you speak of and where can I find it?
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chrisand joey		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5517 03/13/2012 8:28 PM	are you talking about the top 3 or so results that are in the pinkish box when you search in Google? If so, those ARE ads. They won't take you to the site. It even says "Ads - why these ads?" at the top right. The main search results are below that.
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miranstarr		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5311 03/13/2012 8:57 PM	http://www.bleepingcomput...rootkit-using-tdsskiller
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Prada		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2271 03/13/2012 9:05 PM	Chrisand joey -- not the ads (for me at least). I can even go to pg. 2 of google to find what I want and if I click on the link, it redirects. Miranstarr - thank you!
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miranstarr		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5311 03/13/2012 9:12 PM	YW. It worked for me, but I don't know if it will work for you. It's worth a try.
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Dana B		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3608 03/13/2012 11:14 PM That other Dana	AHH THANK YOU!! I just used what you posted and the problem seems to be fixed!
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