Anyone Else Ever Get This Weird Google-Result-Injection Virus?

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hellblazer

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Anyone ever had this? This thing injects itself into the Google search results.

So I type "edirol orchestral torrent" or something and the normal results come up.

But then when I click on any result, it takes me to some random advertisement sites, ostensibly to get me to click the ads or something.

And it will remember the query I submitted to Google and give me a page ostensibly matching those results.

REALLY obnoxious and it doesn't always happen, just occasionally. So it injects its own URL in when you click.

I've run antivirus programs, deleted some that I found, cleaned out my registry in safe mode, and I don't know how to delete this thing.

Anyone else ever encounter this one?
 


It's just shady adware. Anti-virus, spyware removers, firewalls... they're all useless if the software is FUD (Fully UnDetected). The best protection is your brain. You could mess around trying to find and nullify it with CMD + netstat commands or using Wireshark... but to be honest, the best solution is to format your computer and change your passwords. Sorry.
 
Tried Combofix, it deleted a ton of shit, but didn't solve the problem.

Fuck it, I'm just using Chrome.
 
Your computer is compromised. You have ftp passwords / campaigns / whatever on your computer that are worth money. Wipe your computer, save your profits.
 
Well i guess it evolved from when i got it on my machine.

If combofix doesnt kill it, i guess you are going to need to format.
 
I just got that evil little virus on one of my home machines. "The Family Machine" and I spent a couple of hours a day for a week trying everything under the sun to fix that little nightmare.

I ended up saving a few important files and wiping it. First time I have ever had to do that. Man that virus was nasty made the machine move like a snail. I don't envy you but don't spend 100 hrs on it. Just wipe it and move on!
 
I don't understand. My laptop got this a few weeks ago after a rapebox run. All I did was start it up in safe mode and did a system restore to a few days prior. Absolutely no issues now. I'm sure many of you tried this....right?
 
Wipe the hard drive an move on. No point in risking compromising everything else on your computer, who knows what else was installed at the same time.
 
Sometimes wiping drive is not an quick solution, like if one has tons of software and custom shit installed...having clean image of drive or running it on vm with snapshots is another topic
 
Yes I tried restoring a week back a month back you name it man I tried everything! I downloaded every frigging scanner. Ended up wiping it! Horrible little virus!
 
i believe this is what I had. i used combofix and that didn't work, i was told that was the nuclear option for viruses. I ended up stumbling on that kapersky tool and it did the trick as far as I can tell.
 
I had adware like that a while ago, malware bytes killed it I think. In the future run questionable programs in a sandbox(sandboxie/vmware is good).
 
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