My firefox keeps getting hijacked, how do i stop this?
My firefox keeps getting hijacked. Some of the sites that hijack are: http://gossipcenter.com/carrie-underwood/carrie-underwood-covers-elle-canada-july-2012-664783?utm_source=adk&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=76430-000323521422&utm_term=ADF5834F-526D-4DAC-BFAA-778C9B4727D6
How do i stop this, apart from changing my browser?
My firefox keeps getting hijacked.
Some of the sites that hijack are:
http://gossipcenter.com/carrie-underwood/carrie-underwood-covers-elle-canada-july-2012-664783?utm_source=adk&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=76430-000323521422&utm_term=ADF5834F-526D-4DAC-BFAA-778C9B4727D6
http://cityquick.info/fiqsearch.php?id=765440&url=aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRjY0LjE1Ni4xOTIuMTQ2JTJGeG1sJTJGZy5waHAlM0Z1JTNEZTQ4MGZhZjBiMzhlZDA0NWU1MDdlMDBiZDNjMzViNDctYzQ5OC0wMjE0MDMtMTEwMDYtZ3JhbmQlMkJjYW55b24lMkJ0b3Vy&key=5b23d8cab70307bd51903b14b08eebfa
How do i stop this, apart from changing my browser?
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Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.
You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
- http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
- http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
- http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx - Microsoft Safety Scanner
- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
- http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
See also:
- "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked