Google search redirects

Since a couple of weeks I'm having a problem when searching the web, every now and then I get redirected to strange pages, not related to the link I clicked on. when I go back and press the link again, I often get the correct page.

I've followed several threads on the forum already with no success. I also ran spyware scans and fixes like super anti-spyware and malware bytes before I came to the forum.

I'm using Microsoft security essentials as anti spy-mal-ware tool, but since the problem started I cannot open up the main window. When I launch it trough the start menu I only get a short glimpse of the main window. So I don't think it is actively scanning/protecting the system at the moment.

I re-ran all the scans posted in the READ ME because I did not have the old logs anymore. I hope you guys can help me out here as I am out of options for the moment...

I attached all the logs in this post.

Thanks allot in advance!

 

Hey TimW,

Thanks alot for the quick response!
I just got home to my parents to run the additional scans.

See the attached logs.

TDSS only gave me suspicious files, but at first glance they don't seem to harmfull to me.

MBRCheck gave me no warnings.

 

Hey TimW,

Another quick response .

The problem occurs in Firefox (11.0) and in Internet Explorer 9. We usually use Firefox for browsing.
I also checked the connection settings for both, and I do not see any strange settings like a proxy or anything.

I just captured one of the IP addresses that I am redirected to instead of the actual search result: 109.206.185.153
Don't know if that is any help?

 

Hey TimW,

The log files are attached.

Thanks!

 

Hey TimW,

I ran the fix you suggested and for now everything seems to be working again. We will keep an eye on it.
The logs you asked for are attached to this post.

The main window for Microsoft Security Essentials also stays open now, but I cannot restart the service so real-time protection is currently off.
I also attached a screenshot of the error message I get when enabling it.
Googling for a solutions always refers to the windows update service not running, but when I check it, the service is running. Do you have any idea what might cause this?

A huge thanks already for the effort in solving my problem!

 

Hey TimW,

I got Microsoft security essentials working again, thanks!

I've still got the following problems:

I cannot turn Windows Firewall back on. Looking in the Event log I found this:

Code:

Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          12/05/2012 18:33:20
Event ID:      7024
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      beneden
Description:
The Windows Firewall service terminated with service-specific error Access is denied..
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="49152">7024</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-05-12T16:33:20.090432700Z" />
    <EventRecordID>116437</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="628" ThreadID="4160" />
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>beneden</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="param1">Windows Firewall</Data>
    <Data Name="param2">%%5</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

And the Action Center is telling me that the "Windows Security Center Service" is not running. When I try to start it it immediately tells me it cannot be started.

 

Hey TimW,

I just checked the registry and that key exists.
Any other ideas?

Thanks!