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How Do I Remove this Search-find-it browser hijacker from my Google Chrome Browser?
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<blockquote data-quote="waterlily_18" data-source="post: 798485" data-attributes="member: 78037"><p>Hello. </p><p>Recently, I have been having some trouble with a search-find-it type of what I think is a browser hijacker. I am not sure how to get rid of it. It started around the time I realized that I also had this </p><p>Search powered by Yahoo virus/malware. Also during this time I was able to catch and remove a trojan virus. I am thinking these were all connected so I am trying to remove them all as soon as I can.</p><p></p><p>The search powered by Yahoo malware was refusing to uninstall and I don't know when it actually finally did uninstall. I took all of the steps and went to the control panel, uninstall a program, click uninstall/change, yes. I did this both on the control panel and on the apps and features tab on my computer. It stayed for several days before it stopped showing up in the control panel and apps tab. </p><p></p><p>I checked the extensions and reset the browser info, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary there. </p><p></p><p>During this time, I've been using several different anti-malware finders and cleaners (Adwcleaner, CCleaner, Malwarebytes, windows defender and FRST).</p><p></p><p>Am I missing something, and is someone able to help me learn how to get rid of it?</p><p></p><p>The pictures I am attaching to this post contain markings to help point out what the problem is. The red markings are to point out things that the virus/malware is doing (not all of these are marked), and the green markings are what the computer/google is supposed to be doing. One has a yellow marking showing that one of these pages did not have these extra generated tabs pop up. </p><p>------------- I chose the searches almost <span style="font-size: 15px">completely <strong>randomly </strong></span>to show what this virus thing may or may not target/effect.</p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">(The black markings simply contain information related to my identity which I do not intend to give out. Please excuse this.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Some of these symptoms make me wonder whether or not this virus is collecting passwords and other data, or if it is just there to lead you to places that will install other viruses that are made to steal information or to scam you into spending money or something like that. It is particularly concerning that it pops up when trying to log into your email and personal information accounts and such. </span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208688[/ATTACH]</p><p>------- The image above shows the additional pop ups (us9.) as well as the questionable links of a different size and font. ------</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208689[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]208691[/ATTACH] </p><p>--- search with a single word, single word additional pop up (us3.). Searches with more words generate more tabs, each with one or more words/symbols ------</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208692[/ATTACH]</p><p>----bottom of the page, more of these links ----</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208693[/ATTACH]</p><p>---- for whatever reason, this search link did not generate additional tabs. The link is related to data security and prevention against viruses. Possibly one of the types of links this virus either can't affect or is programed not to affect ------ </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208694[/ATTACH]</p><p>------ just a random search. this text is bolded more than the others, so I don't know for sure if it is part of this virus, but the size and font of the text looks relatively similar to the other pictures. -----</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208695[/ATTACH]</p><p>----- pop ups (us.) for sites that you use for your personal information -------</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waterlily_18, post: 798485, member: 78037"] Hello. Recently, I have been having some trouble with a search-find-it type of what I think is a browser hijacker. I am not sure how to get rid of it. It started around the time I realized that I also had this Search powered by Yahoo virus/malware. Also during this time I was able to catch and remove a trojan virus. I am thinking these were all connected so I am trying to remove them all as soon as I can. The search powered by Yahoo malware was refusing to uninstall and I don't know when it actually finally did uninstall. I took all of the steps and went to the control panel, uninstall a program, click uninstall/change, yes. I did this both on the control panel and on the apps and features tab on my computer. It stayed for several days before it stopped showing up in the control panel and apps tab. I checked the extensions and reset the browser info, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary there. During this time, I've been using several different anti-malware finders and cleaners (Adwcleaner, CCleaner, Malwarebytes, windows defender and FRST). Am I missing something, and is someone able to help me learn how to get rid of it? The pictures I am attaching to this post contain markings to help point out what the problem is. The red markings are to point out things that the virus/malware is doing (not all of these are marked), and the green markings are what the computer/google is supposed to be doing. One has a yellow marking showing that one of these pages did not have these extra generated tabs pop up. ------------- I chose the searches almost [SIZE=4]completely [B]randomly [/B][/SIZE]to show what this virus thing may or may not target/effect. [SIZE=3](The black markings simply contain information related to my identity which I do not intend to give out. Please excuse this.) Some of these symptoms make me wonder whether or not this virus is collecting passwords and other data, or if it is just there to lead you to places that will install other viruses that are made to steal information or to scam you into spending money or something like that. It is particularly concerning that it pops up when trying to log into your email and personal information accounts and such. [/SIZE] [ATTACH type="full" width="687px" alt="208688"]208688[/ATTACH] ------- The image above shows the additional pop ups (us9.) as well as the questionable links of a different size and font. ------ [ATTACH type="full" alt="208689"]208689[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="371px" alt="208691"]208691[/ATTACH] --- search with a single word, single word additional pop up (us3.). Searches with more words generate more tabs, each with one or more words/symbols ------ [ATTACH type="full" width="483px" alt="208692"]208692[/ATTACH] ----bottom of the page, more of these links ---- [ATTACH type="full" width="507px" alt="208693"]208693[/ATTACH] ---- for whatever reason, this search link did not generate additional tabs. The link is related to data security and prevention against viruses. Possibly one of the types of links this virus either can't affect or is programed not to affect ------ [ATTACH type="full" width="509px" alt="208694"]208694[/ATTACH] ------ just a random search. this text is bolded more than the others, so I don't know for sure if it is part of this virus, but the size and font of the text looks relatively similar to the other pictures. ----- [ATTACH type="full" alt="208695"]208695[/ATTACH] ----- pop ups (us.) for sites that you use for your personal information ------- [/QUOTE]
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