Is google broken for you to?

by TGforever

Posted: 12 years ago 8 replies

I wasnt sure where to put this but since its about a search engine why not in seo?

Anyways whenever I do a search on google the results are weird pages. Even googles keyword tool doesnt come up. I made a video of what was happening

Searches Not Working - YouTube

its only for google to, yahoo works just fine. But im suppose to be recording a demo video explaining what I can do for a client and since google isnt working for me, kinda hard to explain to a client that ill get there site on google when I cant even use google. I need help!

#broken #google

JeanneLynn 12 years ago

This happened to me once and it was caused by a computer virus. I think it was called the Google Hijack Virus. I had to run some malware removal programs to remove it. It was really annoying.
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UMS 12 years ago

Your PC is infected with the "Butterfly Search Engine" virus.

See:

AVG Forums - [SOLVED] Browser Hijacked By Butterfly Search Engine
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yukon Banned 12 years ago

Yep, you have a virus on your PC.
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TGforever 12 years ago

thanks so much!
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yukon Banned 12 years ago

Try malwarebytes.

Before you run malwarebytes disconnect your modem from the PC.

Once you get the virus removed, get in the habit of running CCleaner at least once a day.

Both software are free.
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- Simon Yates 12 years ago
  
  Yes it sure does sound like your computer is infected to me.
  
  There are MANY different varients of this type of infection.
  
  If you feel comfortable enough around your computer to try and fix it yourself, more power to you. Otherwise hire a local computer repair service to do the job for you.
  
  Some infections cannot be removed in normal mode and require the computer to be in safe mode with minimal services running to successfully remove the infection.
  
  As others have suggested, Malwarebytes and CCleaner are great tools to use.
  
  However, the first tool i would use for this issue would be Rkill which kills known malware processes.
  
  RKill can be downloaded from www(dot)bleepingcomputer(dot)com it is a free program.
  
  After this i would run Combofix which is another free tool you can download.
  The following link will take you to a comprehensive guide to using this very powerful tool.
  
  www(dot)bleepingcomputer(dot)com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix
  
  Sorry i don't have sufficient posts yet to be able to post clickable links.
  
  Once you have run Combofix, then run Malwarebytes and see if it picks up any additional infections. Sometimes malware gets exposed in layers. As one is removed, another become visable and can be removed. After running Malwarebytes, run Combofix and then Malwarebytes again. If they both come up clean you should be okay, but even after all this there is no guarantee.
  
  CCleaner is a great tool to use for general housekeeping of your computer.
  
  Good luck.
  
  PM me if you need any further help.
  
  Regards,
  
  Simon.
  
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JSProjects 12 years ago

The ONLY WAY to truly get rid of an infection is to wipe the hard drive and re-install from a known good source. I'm sure many will disagree with me though.
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- Simon Yates 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by JSProjects
  
  The ONLY WAY to truly get rid of an infection is to wipe the hard drive and re-install from a known good source. I'm sure many will disagree with me though.
  
  The only way to 100% guarantee removal of an infection is a clean install or re-imaging with a clean image backup.
  
  The method i posted is worth a shot if those choices are not an option.
  
  Regards,
  
  Simon.
  
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