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    how remove avirus from mac book pro

    hijacked by ilivid, ask and search
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    How to remove safesearch.ch search engine from chrome

    The issue am facing is safesearch.ch search engine has hijacked my chrome browser. Actually i fixed changing my home page but could not change the search engine . when i click the safe search engine a pop up shows it is privileged by administrator. also i tried to remove it in built in...
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    Help! Adware/Browser Hijack

    Hello , I recently built a machine. The second day i switched it on , every site i browsed had an invisible layer of link on it. When i clicked on the page it redirected me to some ads. The site/adware is rdsrv.com it keeps irritating me. I have tried many tutorials on the net but none worked...
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    Mozilla Firefox Right Click Hijack

    Im not sure if this is where to put it but my father is having a very frustrating problem with firefox in that whenever he uses the internet with it and opens a new page by right clicking the page redirects to stuff like game of thrones and if you search in google for something and click on the...
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    "SalePlus" Browser Extension - Hijack Virus

    Just a little advice to those needing, as i've just been effected by this pesky SOB, ignore everything you read on anything regarding SALEPLUS (or SalaePlus as it was labeled in the root folder) unless you read it here I for the life of me couldn't figure out how the hell to get rid of the...
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    MyStartSearch? Browser hijacker. How do i remove for free? please help.

    Hello, I just got back on my computer after about only four hours of no use. I come back and for some reason it is at the log in screen when i never shut it down or restarted it. I log in to it and all these things are suddenly on my desktop and downloaded, for example, computer maestro and a...
  7. kol12

    Post malware cleanup

    I have had someone help me remove a browser hijack malware. The problem is after being told to reset Internet Explorer settings the search providers and default homepage have not been fixed. The person helping thinks this ok but I think he is wrong would like another opinion. Some pics here...
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    the browsers won't pull up --

    My daughter's computer got hijacked by the v9 redirect virus. Thank goodness, I was able to log on and download anti malware program and I uninstalled several programs. Then a friend ran the anti malware and the like programs with it in safe mode. BUT now even though we can clearly see there...
  9. Ferrariassassin

    How do i stop pop-ups and downloads on Google Chrome?

    I have tried going to "Settings", "Content settings", and than "Do not allow any site to show pop-ups (recommended)" and it did not help any, in fact i have seen much more Pop-Ups since i did this. Is there any way i can stop Pop-Ups on Google Chrome from popping up is is it not possible now...
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    magical jelly been hijacked IE 11

    although it said it would not install new stuff without permission - it did. Added AVG secure search and don't know what else. Now IE cannot find Yahoo or google- when I enter www.yahoo.com- a tab comes up that just says "new tab". I removed AVG - but cant figure out what else needs to...
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    ClientConnect hijacked my search page -HELP ME!

    I must have downloaded something, I mean I did. Now I have this stupid results by bing page, and on the bottom of the screen says it is by client Connect Ltd On a second note when I write comments for a WordPress website I get automatically connected to a yahoo search page saying your search...
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    Steam was hijacked

    For some reason, my steam (the application, not the browser) has pop up ads, and in some places, there is blue underlined text. Here's what I mean : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trhkSAIZiLc&feature=youtu.be
  13. linsyschopman

    Removing a keylogger

    Oke i'm going to keep it short, few of my accounts got hijacked by a keylogger. F*** my life. Anyhow, i formatted all my harddrives (os ssd, hdd) and did a clean windows install. Obviously i also changed all my passwords. Can i assume it's gone or? Thanks in advance...
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    Yahoo hijacked my homepage for both firefox and Chrome.Even resetting the options doesn't work, it will still boot to yahoo.ho

    Yahoo hijacked my homepage for both firefox and Chrome.Even resetting the options doesn't work, it will still boot to yahoo.home page. Even anti-malware apps don't work. Please help!
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    Toolbar hijack by search.conduit, pop-up add in bottom right corner saying third party wants to change my home page.

    I have an annoying repeating pop-up box on the bottom right corner of the screen that says a third party is trying to change my home page. I have also noticed that instead of the usual bing or google search.conduit opens up instead. I have read about search.conduit and am worried it is a toolbar...
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    How to Fix a Browser Hijack

    This is how you fix/remove a browser hijack. Step 1. Uninstall the program from the computer. Step 1.1. Find out what the "hijack" is. Step 1.2. Find the program in Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs (Programs and Features) Step 1.3. Uninstall the program. Step 2. If you cannot find the...
  17. M

    loss all my contacted !

    need help restore mobil phone 2go. i think ,i been hijack !
  18. exfileme

    Anonymous Releases Twitter Hijack Tool

    Anonymous has released a Twitter tool that hijacks trending topics and lets the user tweet messages within them. Anonymous Releases Twitter Hijack Tool : Read more
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    Hijack, Redirect, What do I call this?

    What is it called when you visit a web site and are then redirected to another site and a dialog box pops up and says something like "Your computer may be infected, click here for a free scan."? This only occurs on one specific web site. As far as I can tell my system is not infected. I simply...
  20. exfileme

    Firefox Add-On Can Hijack Facebook, Twitter

    A freelance software developer has created a Firefox plug-in that allows the user to scan a network and steal cookies for hijacking user accounts. Firefox Add-On Can Hijack Facebook, Twitter : Read more