Comments on: Google Redirect Virus

By: Ellay

Ellay — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:23:04 +0000

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.

By: Srinath

Srinath — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:51:37 +0000

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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Don

Don — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:13:12 +0000

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.

By: bryan

bryan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:14:14 +0000

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.

By: Srinath

Srinath — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:58:49 +0000

Try deleting C:\Windows\system32\Wdmaud.sys……………

By: Dan Zee

Dan Zee — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:34:01 +0000

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.

By: Ariana

Ariana — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:25:02 +0000

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?

By: Jessica6

Jessica6 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:41:48 +0000

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.

By: carrie

carrie — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:12:35 +0000

We used Spy doctor. things are working right now. It started out as a redirect virus then google and yahoo were blocked completly.

By: BEan

BEan — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:15:31 +0000

I have been trying to remove this softwre for ages. Any website which offers solutions seems to be blocked!

By: Luciana

Luciana — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:22:12 +0000

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.

By: Deena

Deena — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:03:55 +0000

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.

By: Luciana

Luciana — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:12:00 +0000

You can always install some anti-spyware and let it do the removal for you.

By: jay

jay — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:12:41 +0000

ya umm.. wat about ppl who dont no enuf bout computers 2 no how to remove this shit..?