> I'm usually really good at hunting down and squashing spyware/viruses but I've got
> one that's got me a little stumped.
>
> My google searches keep getting redirected to random pages. Happens in IE or Firefox.
> I'm running Windows XP Pro SP3.
>
> - Malwarebytes, TDSSkiller, Kaspersky, Symantec AV all show that the PC is clean
> - No rogue processes running in task manager
> - Host file looks clean
> - Nothing out of the ordinary that I can see in HijackThis
> - No rogue items are in HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run or
> HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run
>
> Nothing looks fishy in the usual places. The only thing that looks odd is in my
> add/remove programs there's an application called "aaa" with the Java logo next to
> it. when I try to uninstall it, I always get an error that the program was not
> uninstalled correctly. I nuked it from the registry and don't see it in add/remove
> programs anymore but my searches are still getting redirected.
>
> Anything else I should try? Any tricks/tips you guys have to hunt this down?
Maybe this could help:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic376141.html
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