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browsers redirect when used for searching google/yahoo show results but then redirect

#1 shveli

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Posted 24 June 2011 - 12:44 PM

Hi- my son bought a game that didn't come with the activation key. Instead of going back to the store, Ithought I could download it somewhere- oops. Now the search results redirect to silly sites, and the computer runs slow and wont let him run certain online games. I ran malware bytes and it found 7 issues, so I rebooted, but the problem came back. Any help you can provide would be helpful. When I first went to download the supposed activation key file, Mcaffee asked me if I wanted to allow it to access my computer, and I, stupidly, clicked yes, always allow.

This post has been edited by hamluis: 24 June 2011 - 01:28 PM
Reason for edit: Moved from XP to Am I Infected.