How to remove Google Redirect Virus
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Google Redirect Virus description
Google Redirect Virus is a kind of system parasite that hijacks user’s google search results and redirects them into some rogue or malicious websites. Such websites usually promote malware or some other online scam and what’s worse, may even infect the system with more viruses. Google Redirect Virus is distributed with the help of trojans, such as Msqpdxserv.sys.
The best thing to do when having Google Redirect Virus on your system is to acquire a legitimate system security software so that to find and remove Google Redirect Virus from your computer. If you, however, want to remove Google Redirect Virus from your computer manually, you’ll need to remove malicious:
Please follow these links in order to learn how to remove each one of them. When all the removal procedures are finished, clear your browser cache and reboot the computer.
June 6th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
ya umm.. wat about ppl who dont no enuf bout computers 2 no how to remove this shit..?
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Luciana Reply:
June 7th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
You can always install some anti-spyware and let it do the removal for you.
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June 8th, 2009 at 3:03 am
Which software do you recommend to download? My homepage is currently the same, but when I try click on a google web search it takes me to other site and when I type the website into the address bar it does the same.
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Luciana Reply:
June 8th, 2009 at 3:22 am
You can download Spyware Doctor from this website. It doesn’t matter which software you choose; just make it’s anti-spyware and make sure it’s reputable.
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July 18th, 2009 at 3:15 am
I have been trying to remove this softwre for ages. Any website which offers solutions seems to be blocked!
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November 14th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
We used Spy doctor. things are working right now. It started out as a redirect virus then google and yahoo were blocked completly.
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December 3rd, 2009 at 11:41 am
I’ve got a computer that has that virus but it blocks Spyware Doctor for opening! I downloaded it with no problems but it will not run. I’ve tried to double click the icon, used the ‘run’ command, etc. When I click on ’start’ and find it there the program has been highlighted in pale orange though so this virus I’m sure is behind preventing it from opening.
I ran Malware bytes & though it cleaned up a lot the virus is still there. Cleaned the registry too, manually removed host files, dlls & exe files that looked suspicious but I’m still missing something. There’s also a couple of files I just cannot delete.
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December 7th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I have a redirecting virus that affects all browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Netscape) that none of the antiviral software I have tried will remove. I have already tried manual removal of the browsers except Netscape, removal of old versions of Java, using SuperAntivirus, Malwarebytes, Microsoft Security Essentials, and Panda Antivirus. None of them have been able to disable this malware. They do not even see it. I did a system restore to a date prior to the infection but the virus persisted.
What now?
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December 24th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Yeah, same problem here. Superantispyware and Malwarebytes cleaned out the bad files, but there’s something in the registry that redirects Google searches. My only workaround is to use AltaVista to search. There seems to be a lot of useless articles like this that claim to tell you how to remove the redirect virus, but that tell you nothing.
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December 27th, 2009 at 2:58 am
Try deleting C:\Windows\system32\Wdmaud.sys……………
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bryan Reply:
December 28th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Please note that wdmaud.sys located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\ is is a Windows core system file, it’s a safe file.
But wdmaud.sys in C:\Windows\system32\ is a trojan/Google redirect also known as Rootkit.Win32.Agent.fwt.
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January 6th, 2010 at 7:13 am
Has ANYONE found a ay to get rid of this redirect virus yet !!! I have been trying for several days now without any luck at all. I found an article on it that said to “Disable” it instead of deleting it. Said that if you deleted it, that it would reinstall itself when you rebooted. I am about to the point that I am ready to just wipe my hard drive and reinstall the O/S if I cannot find a fix for this problem.
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January 14th, 2010 at 3:51 am
Hi all, I have fond a solution that works fine. In WindowsXP, Check C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\atapi.sys. If it is 95KB 0r 93KB it is infected(It should be 94 KB). It is a genuine file,but gets infected because of Virus.So Expand the File from i386)folder.If the file is not replaced the computer may not boot or may end up in BSOD Error. Eg of Expand command (expand C:\i386\atapi.sy_ C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\atapi.sys). ENJOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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January 23rd, 2010 at 8:23 am
I got the redirect virus and used Hitman Pro 3.5 (downloaded for cnet downloads) and it seems to have gotten rid of the virus without messing up anything else.
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