> 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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