Google took me to a random site?

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DizzySolutions replied

3 October 2011, 18:49
Hi,

This sounds suspiciously like a TDSS rootkit - these typically aren't picked up by standard antivirus solutions.

Previously I have run TDSSKiller from Kaspersky which does the job beautifully. Here is the link to their download page: Virus-fighting utilities, simply run it and hopefully it will find and remove it for you.

Hope it helps.

Alan Martin
Dizzy Solutions
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Platypus replied

3 October 2011, 06:45
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

Can that be used in conjunction with my existing protection software (MSE)?

Yes you can, simply download and run as a one-off, it won't clash with MSE
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stek replied

3 October 2011, 00:03
Never get any of this on the ole Mac...
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oversteer replied

2 October 2011, 21:51
Yeah this happened to me, it was a virus that only affected Firefox.

I tried a few things to get rid of it, but nothing seemed to stick. I did in fact reinstall Windows in the end, but not because of that!
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d000hg replied

1 October 2011, 15:54
Originally posted by Freamon View Post

It means you have some spyware. Time to wipe your hard drive and reinstall from scratch. Trust me, it'll be easier.

I think I'll decline the invitation to wipe my entire PC due to one odd thing it did, at the suggestion of a stranger on the web, when nothing is triggering my scanning software alarms. Will do a more full scan though and see what we see.
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Freamon replied

1 October 2011, 15:51
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

I searched for <company name> and got http://www.<company name>.com/ as the top result. I clicked on the main link and randomly ended up at a totally different domain. I hit "back" and clicked the exact same link, this time I am on the expected site. It doesn't show up in my web history... any idea what this means?

It means you have some spyware. Time to wipe your hard drive and reinstall from scratch. Trust me, it'll be easier.
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d000hg replied

1 October 2011, 13:50
Originally posted by Platypus View Post

Download and run MalwareBytes (free), you have a nasty lurking somewhere which is redirecting you. They can be buggers to get rid of.

Can that be used in conjunction with my existing protection software (MSE)?
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Platypus replied

1 October 2011, 09:20
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

I searched for <company name> and got http://www.<company name>.com/ as the top result. I clicked on the main link and randomly ended up at a totally different domain. I hit "back" and clicked the exact same link, this time I am on the expected site. It doesn't show up in my web history... any idea what this means?

Download and run MalwareBytes (free), you have a nasty lurking somewhere which is redirecting you. They can be buggers to get rid of.
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xoggoth replied

30 September 2011, 16:49
I would blame those hackers. Thought I would clean out all the cookies a few days ago and found this one:

<my user id>@lulzsecurity[1].txt
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d000hg replied

30 September 2011, 15:05
There's nobody else here but me, genuine occurrance in this case
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chef replied

30 September 2011, 14:36
ahh yes that is EXACTLY what happens to me whenever the gf happens to look over my shoulder and also coincidently when the onsite pm is around go figure.

i swear i didn't goto the site i'm now seeing, google redirected me
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d000hg started a topic Google took me to a random site?

30 September 2011, 14:03
Google took me to a random site?

I searched for <company name> and got http://www.<company name>.com/ as the top result. I clicked on the main link and randomly ended up at a totally different domain. I hit "back" and clicked the exact same link, this time I am on the expected site. It doesn't show up in my web history... any idea what this means?
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