I have no clue if I am doing this right. I was told to ask for help? from a helper?
I have the stupid search engine redirect virus.
There were a specific set of instructions that said not to use combofix unless a helper were present, that same set of instructions were laid out in a way that I was supposed to follow them as I read them. Anyways, I didn't do anything except print the instructions and download combofix to my desktop. I stopped there because it's better to be safe than sorry! Somebody please tell me what I need to do next. I have about 30 hours before I go out of town (returning on Mon. 14) and I would like to be at least set-up by doing everything I can, that way if I have to wait to speak with a helper til then I will be ready to go. I have read the the guides and believe I should stop where I am at right now. If not someone please tell me, whats next.
I have tried: malwarebytes, stupid mcafee crapafee, viprerescue. They all found a trojan or two at first but that was it. None of them fixed the problem as I didn't think they would. Viprerescue found "weatherbug". Didn't think this was the problem and vipre rescue didn't remove it anyway, just found it. I read in a forum search result that I needed to delete the "host" file in the drivers folder. Didn't feel right doing it but I was mad, felt desperate and everyone in the forum seemed to have success with it, but not me. My browser (ie. and ff) are now starting to open extra tabs out of no where.
I really appreciate the help and will gladly donate if this works. I joined a forum once before and the other users ("the regulars") talked to me like everything I said was a problem for them to hear or like I should know everything they know, because after all, we all share the same brain right?
Thanks to whoever is going to reply to this for the time and help.
Chuck