"Google Redirect Virus".
This virus is extremely common and is very bad news for your PC -
because it basically changes a few of your most important settings and
causes them to redirect your links & search engine results to random
websites. Although 100's of people's computers get infected with this
infection, it's actually very difficult to remove.
Unlike typical viruses, which will likely install a false application /
files to make your computer run worse, the Google Redirect Virus will
basically just change a few settings on your PC and then hide away. This
not only makes your computer infected with a rogue virus, but makes
most anti-virus tools powerless to remove it.
The virus works by basically hijacking the redirected links in your
browser. Although it's called the "Google Redirect Virus", it actually
redirects Facebook, YouTube & Myspace
to advertising sites as well. It's often referred to as a "hijack"
virus, which basically means that it will hijack the redirect process on
your computer - which is used each time you click a link on Google /
Facebook / Myspace / Youtube. Instead of redirecting to the actual
website that you want to visit, the virus will take you to a false one,
which is why you're seeing the various errors from these sites - because
the advertising sites where the virus wants to take you are not working
properly.
Fortunately, you can fix this virus by using a program called
"ComboFix", which is able to repair the various files that it has
infected. You can see a tutorial on how to use it here:
http://www.personalcomputerfixes.com/spy…
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