Hijacked browser

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Shazza1954, Aug 1, 2013.

  1. Shazza1954

    Shazza1954 Private E-2

    Hello

    Could I please ask for your invaluable advice again. I do feel I can trust you if you suggest download tools rather than through an open search engine.

    My ggogle chrome browser was hijacked by mysearch dial. I seem to have got rid of that, but not totally sure if I have done a thorough job. Cannot believe it but rather than now getting back to chrome which I have set as default browser in internet settings I now can only get conduit. Although mysearchdial did appear in my programmes to be uninstalled, conduit is not there.

    The only recent download I have done is to update Java.

    As i am concerned these may be viruses or spyware I do not feel comfortable using my machine while they are there, could you possibly help.

    Apologies if I am on the wrong forum, if so perhaps you could redirect the thread.

    Thanks in advance.

    Sharon
     
  2. Shazza1954

    Shazza1954 Private E-2

    Sorry forgot to say I have Windows 7
     
  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    The first thing you may want to try to simply things is to just uninstall Chrome. Reboot and then redownload ( get it here Google Chrome 28.0.1500.72 Stable ) and reinstall. If that does not fix your problems, you will have to work thru the below.


    Please read ALL of this message including the notes before doing anything.

    Please follow the instructions in the below link:

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide



    and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.
    • **** If something does not run, write down the info to explain to us later but keep on going. ****
    • Do not assume that because one step does not work that they all will not. MGtools will frequently run even when all other tools will not.

    • After completing the READ & RUN ME and attaching your logs, make sure that you tell us what problems still remain ( if any still do )!
    Helpful Notes:
    1. If you run into problems trying to run the READ & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode, you can run the steps in safe boot mode but make sure you tell us what you did later when you post logs. See the below if you do not know how to boot in safe mode:
    2. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools and the manual update Malwarebytes ( links are given in the READ & RUN ME) onto another PC and then burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. You will have to skip getting updates if (and only if) your internet connection does not work. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.
    3. If you cannot seem to login to an infected user account, try using a different user account (if you have one) in either normal or safe boot mode and running only RogueKiller and Malwarebytes while logged into this other user account. Then reboot and see if you can log into the problem user account. If you can then run the rest of the READ & RUN ME FIRST instructions on the infected account.
    4. To avoid additional delay in getting a response, it is strongly advised that after completing the READ & RUN ME you also read this sticky:
    Any additional post is a bump which will add more delay. Once you attach the logs, your thread will be in the work queue and as stated our system works the oldest threads FIRST.
     

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