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Solved: Google redirects to loads of rubbish constantly

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11-Jun-2009, 07:33 AM #1
Solved: Google redirects to loads of rubbish constantly
my uncles is having problems with his google search on firefox or internet explorer - this is what he says...

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> Been getting some funny things happening with computer recently when you
> go to search from Google, the search seems to divert from what you
> originally asked for and opens another page and diverts to other 'site'
> search sites that are useless....must be a malware on here I
> reckon....happens on IE as well as Firefox, do you know anything about
> this type of thing. I have ran a few scans but it must be dug in
> somewhere.....Its a real pain when you go searching from scratch as it
> diverts you to all sorts of useless sites. I mean what thick **** dreams
> these things up!!
im not sure but sounds like summit has dug into the HOSTS file and perhaps eslewhere cany any quals help?

cheers....
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