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When i put something in search box to find, and then i click on one of the links, re-routing what i clicked on and taking me somewhere totally different :(

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not able to use search box, if i do, what i click on will be re-routed to a different site. another example. if i search " how to make cookies" "all recipes.com" it get http://www.informationgetter.com/search-results.aspx?keywords=cookie

not able to use search box, if i do, what i click on will be re-routed to a different site. another example. if i search " how to make cookies" "all recipes.com" it get http://www.informationgetter.com/search-results.aspx?keywords=cookie

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Do a malware check with a few malware scan programs.
You need to use all programs because each detects different malware.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan.

See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and What to do when searches take you to the wrong search website