Google goes to wrong page windows 7

You can typically find drivers on the device manufacturer's website. Most drivers are self-installing—after you download them, you can usually just double-click the file to begin the installation. In the list of hardware categories, find the device that you want to update, and then double-click the device name. Click the Driver tab, click Update Driver , and then follow the instructions.

Safe mode starts Windows in a limited state. Only the basic files and drivers necessary to run Windows are started, which can help you troubleshoot software problems. For example, if a program runs as soon as you start Windows and can't be shut down, you can start Windows in safe mode, and then try to uninstall the program. Next, click the Start button , click the arrow next to the Shut Down button , and then click Restart.

If your computer has a single operating system installed, press and hold the F8 key as your computer restarts. You need to press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, you'll need to try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears, and then shutting down and restarting your computer. If your computer has more than one operating system, use the arrow keys to highlight the operating system you want to start in safe mode, and then press F8.

On the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the safe mode option you want, and then press Enter. For more information about options, see Advanced startup options including safe mode. When your computer is in safe mode, you'll see the words Safe Mode in the corners of your screen.

To exit safe mode, restart your computer and let Windows start normally. Some errors can be caused by problems with your computer's hard disk or random access memory RAM , rather than problems with Windows or other software running on your computer. Windows 7 includes tools that can help identify and fix certain hardware-related errors.

Serious errors might require you to contact the hardware manufacturer for support. Open Computer by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Computer. Right-click the drive that you want to check, and then click Properties. Click the Tools tab, and then, under Error-checking , click Check now.

To automatically repair problems with files and folders that the scan detects, select Automatically fix file system errors. Otherwise, the disk check will report problems but not fix them. To perform a thorough check, select Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.

This scan attempts to find and repair physical errors on the drive itself, and it can take much longer to complete. To check for both file errors and physical errors, select both Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. In the search box, type Memory , and then click Diagnose your computer's memory problems. Choose when to run the tool. If you choose to restart your computer and run the tool immediately, make sure that you save your work and close all of your running programs.

The Memory Diagnostics Tool will run automatically when you restart Windows. The following tools can help you uninstall or roll back software changes, repair Windows startup files, and restore your system from an earlier backup.

If none of those suggestions fix the problem, you can reinstall Windows 7. Several of the following tools are located on the System Recovery Options menu. This menu is preinstalled on your computer's hard disk, and is also on the Windows 7 installation media. If you use a Tablet PC or other computer with a touchscreen, you might need to connect a keyboard and mouse in order to use Startup Repair and the other tools in the System Recovery Options menu.

For more information, see What are the system recovery options in Windows 7? If Windows 7 came preinstalled on your computer, your computer manufacturer might have included other recovery options.

For more information, refer to the documentation that came with your computer, or go to the manufacturer's website. For example, if a corrupted video card driver is preventing Windows from displaying, or if a program runs as soon as you start Windows and can't be shut down, you can start Windows in safe mode before the driver or program starts and then try to fix the problem.

Click the Start button , click the arrow next to the Shut Down button , and then click Restart. Startup Repair can detect and fix certain types of system problems that might prevent Windows from starting, such as missing or damaged system files. Startup Repair is designed to start automatically if certain system problems are detected, but you can also run the tool manually.

Remove all CDs, DVDs, and other media from your computer, and then restart it using the computer's power button. If the Windows logo appears, you need to try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears, and then shutting down and restarting your computer.

If your computer has more than one operating system, use the arrow keys to highlight the operating system you want to repair, and then press and hold F8. On the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to highlight Repair your computer , and then press Enter.

If Repair your computer isn't listed as an option, then your computer doesn't include preinstalled recovery options, or your network administrator has turned them off.

If your computer's system is severely damaged and you can't access the System Recovery Options menu on your computer, you can access it using the Windows 7 installation disc or a USB flash drive, or using a system repair disc if you created one earlier.

Insert the Windows 7 installation disc or USB flash drive, or a system repair disc, and then shut down your computer. On the Install Windows page, or on the System Recovery Options page, choose your language and other preferences, and then click Next. When you determine which file is on your system let me know and I should be able to provide removal instructions. Here is their reply: Proceed as follows: 1.

At the prompt, type in the following exactly as it is shown:. Close the Command Prompt screen and restart the PC. DLL Right-click on it and select the option to delete it. The file should be automatically replaced within 1 minute by Windows File Protection. Look for the file again and check that it is back you may see it re-appear at the bottom of the directory, unless you close Windows Explorer and then re-open it. DLL file this is a backup of the original eventlog.

Thanks for sharing some great reviews about Cyber Defender, this is really a great announcement for all cyber users. Hey thanks all for the good info. I could not get the redirect virus off my computer TDSS. So I download trojan remover and it finds it, deletes it, and when it restarts, it works perfectly. It diagnosed the problem and told me the virus was going under a different file name to hide from virus programs.

Download trojan remover and malwarebytes and you should be good to go! Thanks Again. I had major problems with this virus, but i downloaded a trojan remover and it worked perfectly!!! I have been trying to fix this problem for more than 9 hours.

I tried to fix the host file but it is a read only file does anyone know how I change it so I can save it with just the local host line. I think this thing is back in full force. I have downloaded and run nearly every virus scanner I can find. Updated all security on IE and XP.

I have searched for TDSS. It has been 5 days with this virus which started as the some false Virus Scanner downloading on to my system, basically a variant of sysgaurd.

That is a question without a solution for me, after struggling for about a week to rid the Google Hijack virus from my laptop! I stumbled on to this website this moring and was hoping that I could take advantage of the suggestions on here after reading several successful posts, but it was not to be for me.

Trojan Remover, downloaded from simplysup. Not sure what to do now. Hours spent on this issue now. I am going to have to rebuild the laptop.

I have too attempted with spybot, avast! I have followed several suggestions from several differnt sites and still same results. Does anyone have the answer for this thing? I am having the same issue as Karri…I believe this must be a new version of the Redirect malware as the steps above have not helped. The disk is clean as far as they can tell, but the problem persists. I have also been trying to get rid of this nasty problem.

Okay i use trojan remover, but then the virus comes back on reboot. So i need help, do i rename the files or delete them with trojan remover?

What do i do after trojan remover? I have 2 hard drives. C: and D: and a back up J:. I hope this helps some people other than me. Atm, i too am attempting to remove this virus, but the reason why tdssserv. So if you do remove it make sure to use your other antiviral progs to make sure its gone and hopefully this will work for me after i use trojane remover O. Most current search engine Google redirections are currently caused by an infected atapi.

You can try Hitman Pro 3. Been obsessing over this bug for days. It slipped right by all my spyware. I have been trying to get rid of go. I just tried Hitman Pro 3. I feel like I have just waged battle and won. Lance, Thank you so much! I have been fighting with this thing for 2 days. I had to rename my regedt32 file and then run Hitman Pro. I just want to thank Lance for the information about hitman pro!!! I was getting weary with my search engines after trying several different program, but one touch of hitman pro solved my issue!!!

I may have to invest in hitman pro!!! Thanks a million!!! After a week of going crazy Hitman pro has fixed it!! Hi, Hitman Pro 3.

Does a cloud scan so the virus cannot block it. After reboot everything was fine. Hope this helps. I just used Hitman Pro and it took care of the problem.

I had been pulling my hair out for three days! Hitman does the job because it runs from the cloud and detects the crapy dns entries that mess with your system. I have tried several malware and antivirus software MalwareBytes, Trojan Remover, Norton, Windows Defender, etc… and the only one that worked is Hitman.

Jonny A, Thank you for the information on the redirect virus. I followed your instructions and Hit man pro 3. However I did have to connect to the internet for it to run. I rebooted and so far my system it working correctly. No redirect and MS update site works. I battled this piece of mallware for over two months. I have read hundreds of posts on forums and help sites.

I contacted my virus protection program support for help. I also contacted Microsoft Support. I informed them that I believed my system was infected with a virus that prevents me from accessing Microsoft Update site. It also redirects me to random sites when I do a specific Google search, along with subjecting me to pop up and fake virus removal tool sites and programs that mimic a Microsoft Site.

I ran their suggested fixes and scans. I followed their directions and fixes. My anti virus program scan was supposed to automatically upload a file for their review. This never worked and at they suggested I copy and sent them the report via e mail. I did this several times asking for a acknowledgement that they received the file. I would get an automatic response with a new ticket number each time.

I then received several notices that they would consider the mater closed if I did not respond. I did, but either they did not receive my response or they choose to ignore them.

Needless to say I am disappointed with the support. Over the next several weeks MS support suggested I clear this and change this and scan my system with their scanning programs. Nothing worked. They too decided that my case was closed and I have yet to hear back from them. In my research I have noticed that a variant of this scum ware has been around for a year or two.

One would think that with all of the resources the soft ware developers and costly virus programs have, they would identify and fix this problem. Why is there an add on this site claiming I am the , visitor.

Is this a scam? This is the kind of pop ups I was getting with the infection. I about went crazy trying to fix this. Every recommendation I found did not help until I found this one.

Thank you to whoever posted this. Everyone needs to repost this elsewhere on the web to get the message out. Anything else in there might be redirecting you to a fake Google or other fake site. Downloaded the Hitman 3. I actually could NOT download it from cnet.

Ran the Hitman. Did it, worked! I restarted the computer again because someone above said that it did it again after restart. And this is again and it still worked. Holding my breath it stays away! What a horrible little thing. I have this google redirect problem. Can someone instruct me in basic step by step terms how to remove it. I am a complete amatuer. Download Microsot Security essential and have a full scan.

It removed the virus. It was rootkit alureon virus. I had problem w. Could not do any search cause I got redirected, got music and commercial playing while surfing, pc was so slow and it was very frustating. I tried avast, Hitman 3. Avast kept blocking the trojan virus, but it didnt not remove it. I couldnt find tdds file either on my laptop as what Bomp suggested. I have had all the symptoms in this thread and nothing seemed to work or remove the virus until I tried the advice above on scanning with the Microsoft Security Essential.

Even Hitman Pro failed to find anything. Thankfully the problem has now gone, so i definitely recommend downloading the free Microsoft Security Essential virus protection and run the full scan. Cheers for the advice and post aida. Same problem here. Kept getting redirected. No TDSS anywhere. It sounds like I have the same redirect virus as discussed in this thread and I sent the link to my husband who has been working for days to fix it.

But I have a question. I have nothing that even vaguely resembles that and I clicked on everything is the Hidden Devices window. I have Vista Home Basic. What do I do now? This is a nasty, nast virus!! I got this same virus and was not able to download Malware bytes or open anything. I was able to reboot into safe mode then do a restore. This then allowed me to download malware bytes and run it. It seems to clear it up everywhere but in explorer.

I still had the problem with search links re-directing me all over, major pain!! I found this thread and ran Combofix.

I would donate to these guys if I knew how! I tried the method of starting my computer in safe mode with networking and than was able to download combofix.

It worked after weeks of trying other things. I was ready to give up. This thread was of great help, using combofix did the trick for me though.

Malwarebytes could not find this bug. Followed Alicia above and downloaded Hitman 3. Worked first time, although I paid for the one year version rtather than the free one. Have not got the one year codes yet, so used the free version, which has fixed it.

He just copy pasted directly from this guide…. I want to know if I was ripped off. When I loaded it myself and ran the analytic after I got my computer back, there were problems, which AVG fixed.

Is the google-analytic virus that hard to get rid of? I feel ripped off. I had to spend hours putting settings back and reloading everything, too. I managed to get both this and antivirus.

FYI if you get antivirus. I tried to remove this virus but i couldnt. I tried looking for this TDSSserv. I need help! I cannot get rid of this. I need a step by step… for dummies HELP! People who make viruses should be slowly burned alive. Normal people have lives and things to do. Virus creators should be executed and made examples of by mideval torture! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Trouble: We were reading some of blogs where we get know about the one of the most spreading malware these days via Internet called the go. Please obtain new copy of program Go. Fix: Go. Most common symptoms of go. Restart your pc. Thanks Bomp for this useful comment See also our articles on Virus Removal If still none of the above methods worked to remove the virus on your computer then you can try Trojan Remover which can finally delete this virus on your computer as suggested by some of the readers Updated on 12 Jan Another Method To Fix Go.

XP Removal tool gets stuck during installation. Well, no help here.. Google Spyware Doctor found some issues but not all. I have both on my computer and cant run either…. Please help!!!!! Exactly the same as me so any help would be grately appreciated. Has anyone come up with a solution? Curse this wretched virus! Someone knew what they were doing when they made this sucker! Anyone else have luck purging this thing?? Best of luck to everyone Chuck. Browser redirects to go. To whomever posted the solution originally, thank you!!!!

I just renamed the. By far the easiest and simplest option. Bomp — Thanks so much. Dear Mr. Bomp: You are awesome!!!! You are a God!!! Many many thanks. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. I made a post, just to thank you. Thankyou Bomp.

Bomp, you saved my arse. Thanks a million Bomp! Knowing how big the original EXE file was, I was sure that other hidden damage had been done. SYS 2. Now open the registry and search for each file name you deleted and delete them from the registry [ carefull-delete only the file names NOT the keys] 5.

Now open registry again and search for each noted file name, delete the file names from registry entry. On the net, the experts say its such a stealth pest that only re-installing your OS will get rid of it but I did the above and got rid of it.

I have a slightly different variation than on here, but will try some of the suggestions when I get home. On my PC it redirects if I get the url slightly wrong eg wwww. Which I often do! Deleting the history in Java works, but only temporarily, few hours at most. Various alternatives but most common is click2find page that is linked. Our IT team could not sort it either.

Hopefuly someone has the answer. Good luck everyone, I know how frustrating it is. Nearly all virus files operate in 2 ways. Most anti-virus programs quarantine or erase the file identified by option choice; but non give you the option of replacing the identified file with the real one, then locking that file in the permissions area [ forbid erase by your log in name ].

Especially problematic if the infected file is an essential boot file. Do the same for each file encountered with a virus. This gives you time to find the initial command file that is doing the damage because it cannot initiate if the OS denies erase. Now that we have locked files that attempt to be erased and substituted, we can look for the file or files that have been composed to initiate the actions.

Time stamps tell you a lot and looking for files that suddenly appear is relatively easy. Most virus files are initiated from one of two places [ to cover all editions of windows ]. If you find, say, 2 files composed at the nearest time to the present; erase them after noting their names. Now go to the windowssystem32 directory and search again by time stamp. Remember, the created virus files will have the same time stamp [ or damn near close ].

This gives us time to root out any master file we might have missed that was placed somewhere we are not looking. Save the file as xyz. What have we got?. All clear? Search for instances of each of these bogus files and erase them from the registry if found [ do not erase keys — just the file names themselves ].

The replaced and locked valid files [ valid ones from our mirror back up ] should be left alone as these are real files, not bogus ones. Hopefully, you should be all clear. If, for some reason, the PC will not boot to normal windows [ because you accidentally erased an essential file ]; boot to safe mode and copy [ lock ] the files again.

Immediately after realising I got a virus by running a program 2. Hope this method is of some use to you people tearing your hair out. A user clicks a link in a web browser and it redirects to some other site or pulls up ads.

What could be the reason and what can be done? The reasons could be malware, options unintentionally selected somehow during surfing, the browser itself because of default options or the websites with legal redirects. Unfortunately, remedies tried may cause even worse problems. Registry repairs may force re-install of the OS with all the options and updates, upgrades, drivers, registrations gone. Another reason for good back-ups! And many programs, especially AIO types may cause more harm than good with so many options and potential to wreak havoc.

Last time I had a malware infection was in However, I get requests from friends for this problem and manual remedies have almost always been good enough. Some of the items to be checked manually are: Running processes and system parameters. Internet and browser options; including browsing and security settings, selected DNS servers, search assistants, geolocation and other junk, website redirect permits, new pages, etc.

Registry Modifications by malware or permitted software, registry areas to be investigated are actually not that much, just some familiarity is needed. DNS Servers, sometimes infected by malware themselves, although rare. Note that none of the anti-malware products would indicate most of these items, except some optimization software and even a re-install of the OS may not work.

I have a similar problem. My problem is little bit different. Please help me ,it also slows down my laptop. Try following the instructions in this article How do I remove PUPs, foistware, drive-bys, toolbars, and other annoying things I never wanted?

Please tell me where I may find someone to hire to remove ask. Very much appreciated!! Hi, I have my own googlesites web page and one link leads to my Blogger blog page.

I have not been active on it for some time. When I try to open my blog page from google sites, the pages opens momentarily and then some ad page appears. How do I fix this? After installing Kaspersky Pure 3. This is a new issue and very annoying. I never changed my cookie acceptance settings and wonder if Kaspersky needs a Google certificate installed to function properly.

Uninstall Kaspersky and see if the problem goes away. If it does, then contact Kaspersky support. I have this problem for many years now, I have asked this question on the Apple support forum but some idividual keeps deleting some of my postings.

Here is the link :. I set my default URL to Yahoo. COM always comes up in the url address space. Hi Leo!! But I was reading in this Page and I found this. I did not Click on that particular Link mentioned above in this Post. Ransom Ware. Thank You Leo. Thanks for pointing that out. I removed the link from the comment that was made in , as well as removing the link from your post — since it was obscured by a bitly redirect.

How can you determine if its a website that has the issue and not your browser? This is what I suspect since I only get redirected when visiting a specific site. Is there a test that can be run to confirm this?

The fact that it happens on only one website is a pretty good clue. Another thing to try is use a different browser and see what happens when you go to that same site. Not a simple one, no. I had a strange thing happen on my iPad this morning when I was sent an article from Yahoo Canada. The article was in English but everything around it was Chinese and instead of Yahoo.

Does this mean malware had infected my iPad? If so, how can I get rid of it? That sounds more like you have some sort of plugin or toolbar in your AOL browser. Try uninstalling it, and doing a fresh install. Hi Leo, I clicked on a car advertisement but when I go in to my history and click on the date and details and the website it re-directs me to the current webpage.

How do I get the exact page I saw on that date?