Friday, August 12, 2011

Google Redirect Malware Removal

Certain types of malware can cause your browser to redirect to a fake Google results page when you try to perform a Web search. This type of malware is designed to get you to click on ads that are on the fake results pages to generate revenue for the people who wrote the malware. If your computer is infected with this type of malware, you can remove it with a combination of free software and some easy-to-follow instructions.

Get Into Safe Mode

Before you attempt to remove the malware from your computer, you need to restart your computer in Safe Mode. Safe Mode is a type of operating mode wherein your computer is running the operating system with a minimum number of drivers required. This makes it easier to remove malware from your computer. To boot your computer into Safe Mode, restart it and press the "F8" key as it boots up. Once you see the Windows Boot Menu appear on the screen, select the "Safe Mode with Networking" option and hit the Enter key. Log into Windows normally, then hit the "No" button on the popup that asks whether you want to quit booting into Safe Mode or not.
Remove Malware

Once you're in Safe Mode, open a web browser and download an anti-malware program, such as Malwarebytes or Spybot Search & Destroy. Both of these programs are free for personal and home use, are highly rated and can help you remove malware, including the Google redirect malware from your computer. Links to both of these software programs are provided in Resources. Install and run the anti-malware software on your computer. Perform a full system scan with the software, which may take several hours to complete. Once it has finished, you can use the Removal feature to delete any malware infections that are found from your computer.

When you're finished, you can restart your computer and allow it to start up normally. Run another scan of your computer with the anti-malware software when Windows is booted up normally just to confirm that it was all removed and that no infections remain.


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