I seem to have contracted the Google Re-Direct virus, so, google is pretty much worthless for me right now, and I have been unable to come up with ANY tool that will even find it, let alone remove it..... and I have been thru a LONG list..... Norton Power Eraser only succeeded at hosing my video drivers. (which I have since reinstalled....)

 

Make sure to report back your treasure. Hope the weather treats you right down there.



Wonder what you've been "searching"..... haha

 

Actually, I got the infection when I was researching G-Force chips, for a response to a thread here.......

 

maybe you should use bing or yahoo to search how to fix the google problem.

 

That's funny

 

There are a boatload of fixes out there on that net. None of which work..... (I haven't tried the ones ya gotta pay for.... I DO have a copy of Norton 360 here that I could install..... thoughts on that?)

Most of the solutions are from 2009, or earlier..... none of them seem to apply to what I got, as I go looking for their registry entries and such, and they aren't there, or, the tools won't run on XP 64 bit, as supposedly, it 'can't get' this type of infection....... I beg to differ.

 

have you tried doing a system restore to before you got infected? that used to my solution to certain viruses when it would let me.

 

I have system restore turned off, as on XP, it didn't work quite as well. I am considering a complete wipe and reload.......

 

the only thing i hate about doing that is backing up all your important stuff. i got a 86GB folder on my desktop from all the stuff i have backed up from computers in the past. still got to go through it all one day. other wise i like doing it. it will usually speed up your computer if it is going to get any faster.

 

Best thing to do is format and reload xp...gets arid of anything all together.