Everywhere I go on this site my anti-virus software tells me it's blocked access to some site named searchinvented.com. You might want to find out what that's all about.
Your site may be hacked
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Cyborger
, Mar 08 2010 02:32 PM
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 07:33 PM
Cyborger, have you tried accessing GV from another computer?
The reason I ask is because it sounds like you might have picked up some sort of a Trojan.JS.Redirector, a nasty little bug that causes your browser to be redirected to searchinvented.com every time you try to access a page anywhere on GV (or anywhere else for that matter.) Trying it from another computer will probably pinpoint your computer as the source of the problem.
Your anti-virus is obviously updated and working, so kudos to you, but there's still the problem of what to do with the trojan causing the problem. I recommend downloading a trial version of Trojan Remover at Simply Super Software:
Trojan Remover
It's fully functional for 30 days after installation and does a great job of finding all sorts of digital organisms on your system. The best part is that it does an even better job of fixing the problem.
The reason I mention I this is because I recently picked up the same thing, and everytime I went to Google, it redirected my browser to some funky shopping site.
The reason I ask is because it sounds like you might have picked up some sort of a Trojan.JS.Redirector, a nasty little bug that causes your browser to be redirected to searchinvented.com every time you try to access a page anywhere on GV (or anywhere else for that matter.) Trying it from another computer will probably pinpoint your computer as the source of the problem.
Your anti-virus is obviously updated and working, so kudos to you, but there's still the problem of what to do with the trojan causing the problem. I recommend downloading a trial version of Trojan Remover at Simply Super Software:
Trojan Remover
It's fully functional for 30 days after installation and does a great job of finding all sorts of digital organisms on your system. The best part is that it does an even better job of fixing the problem.
The reason I mention I this is because I recently picked up the same thing, and everytime I went to Google, it redirected my browser to some funky shopping site.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 11:00 PM
You may also want to read this thread from a few weeks back.
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 12:46 AM
One other thing - if you don't have a second to use for testing, try turning off javascript in your browser's configuration.
If you're using the latest version of Firefox, you can go to the top line menu and select Tools/Options/Content to find the javascript control. Just uncheck it to to turn off JS and then turn it back on once you're done.
If you're not redirected when you go to GV, then you probably have a trojan problem.
If you're using the latest version of Firefox, you can go to the top line menu and select Tools/Options/Content to find the javascript control. Just uncheck it to to turn off JS and then turn it back on once you're done.
If you're not redirected when you go to GV, then you probably have a trojan problem.
The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit -- Nelson Henderson
Not A Ghost Of A Chance -- The Story Of My Three Years At The Imperial Casino Hotel <-- Click Here For My Personal Website
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 10:19 PM
Oh man! I got hit by the trojan BIG TIME at the beginning of Jan. and was forced to live without my laptop for over a week (sob). I kept getting directed to this site that said I had 70 live infections and I needed todownload their anti virus software (which was crazy priced)... Luckily my dad works in the tech developement depart in IBM so with alot of frustration, crusing, and computer banging he was able to get it all worked out.
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