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IE is ****ed?
2009-06-25, 8:18 AM #1
whenever i search something in google, the first page has like 10 links to faulty random search engine sites and the other links just send you to other random search engine sites


and my AIM gets locked onto the task bar and it makes that rude error sound when i try to maximize it

i know its a looooong shot, but anyone ever have this problem before?
2009-06-25, 8:25 AM #2
[url]www.firefox.com[/url]
DO NOT WANT.
2009-06-25, 8:30 AM #3
[URL="www.google.com/chrome"]www.google.com/chrome[/URL]
You can't judge a book by it's file size
2009-06-25, 8:35 AM #4
http://www.opera.com/

2009-06-25, 8:46 AM #5
http://webkit.org/
"If you watch television news, you will know less about the world than if you just drink gin straight out of the bottle."
--Garrison Keillor
2009-06-25, 8:47 AM #6
And if you're suicidal: http://www.apple.com/safari/
Sneaky sneaks. I'm actually a werewolf. Woof.
2009-06-25, 8:47 AM #7
http://lrn2browseresponsibly.org
2009-06-25, 9:02 AM #8
http://www.pancakerecipes.net/
"Harriet, sweet Harriet - hard-hearted harbinger of haggis."
2009-06-25, 9:07 AM #9
http://www.zombo.com/
gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2009-06-25, 10:20 AM #10
Originally posted by NoESC:
http://www.zombo.com/


Win, close thread.
Author of the JK levels:
Sand Trap & Sand Trap (Night)
2009-06-25, 10:23 AM #11
What exactly are you searching in Google? I mean, if we could produce test results.
SnailIracing:n(500tpostshpereline)pants
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2009-06-25, 10:24 AM #12
Quote:
IE is ****ed?


Well, yeah.
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2009-06-25, 11:06 AM #13
http://www.gapinggrannies.com/
2009-06-25, 11:08 AM #14
http://www.maxthon.com/
"Nulla tenaci invia est via"
2009-06-25, 11:17 AM #15
http://www.website.com
Star Wars: TODOA | DXN - Deus Ex: Nihilum
2009-06-25, 11:52 AM #16
Originally posted by TheNewKid:
http://www.opera.com/

Wassup Opera bro?
2009-06-25, 12:01 PM #17
The term is Bropera. Get it right.
2009-06-25, 1:33 PM #18
People still use IE? Seriously?
"They're everywhere, the little harlots."
-Martyn
2009-06-25, 1:43 PM #19
... Idiots. It's not IE that's ****ed. I'd bet he gets the same results no matter what browser he tries.

Couchman, you have one of the google-redirect viruses. Malwarebytes might be able to find it.
2009-06-25, 4:30 PM #20
Originally posted by JM:
... Idiots. It's not IE that's ****ed. I'd bet he gets the same results no matter what browser he tries.

Couchman, you have one of the google-redirect viruses. Malwarebytes might be able to find it.



I've only done the quick searches with Malwarebytes, I will run a full scan, thanks for the rare help lol
2009-06-25, 4:38 PM #21
Yeah, sounds like malware.

2009-06-25, 6:19 PM #22
http://forums.massassi.net/vb3/showthread.php?t=54683
I had a blog. It sucked.
2009-06-26, 12:53 AM #23
Wouldn't have malware if you didn't run IE.
"They're everywhere, the little harlots."
-Martyn
2009-06-26, 3:32 AM #24
I read this as "TE is ****ed?"
I can't wait for the day schools get the money they need, and the military has to hold bake sales to afford bombs.
2009-06-26, 4:56 AM #25
Quote:
Wouldn't have malware if you didn't run IE.
:carl:

Anybody who still believes that deserves what they get.
2009-06-26, 7:02 AM #26
Originally posted by JM:
:carl:

Anybody who still believes that deserves what they get.


This.
"Harriet, sweet Harriet - hard-hearted harbinger of haggis."
2009-06-26, 11:19 AM #27
Originally posted by Admiral Zarn:
I read this as "TE is ****ed?"

you arent alone

2009-06-26, 11:38 AM #28
Can someone link me to AVG? I obviously cant google search for a download link

My Zone alarm found a lot of **** but didnt fix the problem, Malware Bytes didnt find anything after that, i deleted cookies and temprorary internet files...this is ****ty
2009-06-26, 12:02 PM #29
[url]www.avg.com[/url]
DO NOT WANT.
2009-06-26, 12:10 PM #30
Zone Alarm is terrible. Delete it.

Get Avira or Avast, both of which are far superior to AVG and still free.
2009-06-26, 12:35 PM #31
Couchman, try using firefox with javascript and everything else disabled. A lot of those viruses work by injecting javascript code directly into an http stream, this is why they effect all browsers. Others will mess with your hosts file to redirect your google searches through a proxy. Even if you remove the original virus, the entry in the host file will remain and must be manually removed.
The places these viruses are likely to have messed up, that need repaired, are your ethernet drivers, your host files, windows firewall, tcp/ip drivers; just to name a few of the likely ones.

If you also can't update malewarebytes, or something goes wrong with the AVG download, you definitely have a flavor of this virus that redirects your http traffic.
2009-06-26, 12:56 PM #32
Originally posted by JM:
:carl:

Anybody who still believes that deserves what they get.


Ran Opera for 3 years now and have had absolutely -0- problems with spyware, or malware. Went a whole year without running a scan and found nothing. I dare anyone running IE regularly to make the same claim.

So yes, I deserve a perfectly clean PC. kthanks.
"They're everywhere, the little harlots."
-Martyn
2009-06-26, 12:59 PM #33
Originally posted by Onimusha:
Ran Opera for 3 years now and have had absolutely -0- problems with spyware, or malware. Went a whole year without running a scan and found nothing. I dare anyone running IE regularly to make the same claim.

So yes, I deserve a perfectly clean PC. kthanks.


Yeah, there's nothing impressive about that.

Ran various incarnations of IE for many, many years with 0 spyware issues. Know how? I'm not :downswords:.
2009-06-26, 1:44 PM #34
u shld get teh linux.
? :)
2009-06-26, 2:36 PM #35
I'd help you, but I'm too busy mourning Michael Jackson's death.

>.>
.
2009-06-27, 8:11 PM #36
so ****ing weird, AVG only found bad cookies, so i got rid of those, then cleared my cookies and temp internet files and it still didnt work, so i restarted and then it did work fine, i was, oh ok sweet, restarted again now its back to ****, wtf, **** this ****, who designs viruses really, who has that time, ****ing ****** who has no friends and all the time in the world to kill and make others miserable

now my AIM is ****ing up it locks to the taskbar and i cant remaximize it after a minute of use..****ing gay..
2009-06-27, 8:19 PM #37
Three Rs.

Restart. Reinstall. Reformat.
2009-06-27, 8:32 PM #38
Also Google for and download Autoruns and Rootkit Revealer and run them, look for suspicious things. Autorun's "Hide Microsoft and Windows entries" can help hide most signed Windows stuff so you'll be focused on third-party stuff.

Also be sure to do a scan for stuff in safe mode as some viruses can't run there, and some can hide whilst running.

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