When I click on links from a Google search I am frequently re-directed to unwanted sites. When this happens I often see in the address bar a symbol that looks like a handwritten 2. Microsoft help guided me in getting rid of this same problem in IE but it
When I click on links from a Google search I am frequently re-directed to unwanted sites. When this happens I often see in the address bar a symbol that looks like a handwritten 2. Microsoft help guided me in getting rid of this same problem in IE but it did not go away in FireFox. When I enter the same url in the address bar, I get the correct targeted site.
This happened
Every time Firefox opened
== I discvered XP malware malware; fixed with Malwarebytes
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Hello Bob.
Read this:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Searches+are+redirected+to+another+site
Hopefully it will be what you need.
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.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page .......... See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked