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Firefox Auto re-direct....scans find nothing [Solved]


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sunny441

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Not sure whats  happened. Firefox wants to randomly redirect my webpages.

 

Went through the motions of running all scans and cleaning cache and cookies. No luck. Home page is set to google. This re-directs to "https://clients5.goo...pagead/drt/dn/"

 

Other sites randomly re-direct to "https://www.facebook...alse&width=371"

 

Steps I have taken:

 

Cleared all cache and cookies. Ran MBAM. Ran Super-anti-spyware. Ran TDSSCLeaner, HItmanPro, Adwcleaner. Found nothing.

 

Any help would be appreciated.


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Hello, sunny441. My nickname is Nevan and I will be helping you getting your system back on its electronic feet.

Before we get started, please keep these things in mind:

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Let's get started :)

 
Could you please tell me if this happens only in Firefox? Are other browsers affected?

Also, I'd like to have a look at your system. Please, do the following:

FRST Scan

Download Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it to your Desktop. There are two different versions:

  • Click here to download the 32-bit version.
  • Click here to download the 64-bit version.

If you don't know which version you should use, download one of them and check if it's working or not. If it doesn't, download the second one. Once you have the right one, perform the instructions below.

  • Right click FRST.exe (or FRST64.exe) and click Run as administrator. When the tool opens click Yes to disclaimer.
  • Make sure that Addition.txt is checked and press the Scan button.
  • It will produce two logs - one called FRST.txt and another one called Addition.txt in the same directory the tool is run from.
  • Select all (CTRL+A) the content of the logs, copy them (CTRL+C) and paste (CTRL+V) them into your next reply.

 
Things that should appear in your next post:

  • FRST.txt log content
  • Addition.txt log content

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To answer your question: I use FF mostly. I do use Chrome, but have not seen anything there as of now.

 

I will post the FRST scan log in a bit.

 

Thanks,


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I think we can close this topic. I think I have the issue resolved.

 

It was a proxy/addon that was causing issues. I'll try it and if it pops up again: I'll ask the mods to re-open the topic

 

Thanks, NEVan.


Edited by sunny441, 15 February 2015 - 12:16 PM.

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So you no longer require my assistance? I need to know that so that this topic can be closed.
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Yes, Nevan. I no longer need asssitance it seems like. If the issue returns, I'll get a mod to re-open the topic.

 

Thanks again. I had a proxy Add-on running; and finally noticed when my google came up in Russian! :)

 

Again, appreciate the prompt response and the help.


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Since this issue appears to be resolved ... this Topic has been closed. Glad we could help. :)

If you're the topic starter, and need this topic reopened, please contact a staff member with the address of the thread.

Everyone else please begin a New Topic.
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