Yahoo Redirect Problem "http://rds.yahoo.com_ylt="

chad-roscoe · May 19, 2006

Dear Major Geeks,

I'm not sure what this problem qualifies as but I'm thinking it might be Malware related.

The problem is if I go to Yahoo.com to search and then try to click on one of the items yielded in that search, if I mouse-over the link instead of seeing the actual url I see "http://rds.yahoo.com_ylt=" followed by a really long string. If I click on the link it redirects me.

But, if I go to another search engine like Google.com, there is no problem on mouse-over but if I click on the link I'm redirected. I have reset my internet settings to their defaults. Did a search of my programs and found no weird add-ons. Have run spysweeper to remove any malicious items.

If you have a link with some answers it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks-
CR

chaslang · May 19, 2006

chad-roscoe said:

The problem is if I go to Yahoo.com to search and then try to click on one of the items yielded in that search, if I mouse-over the link instead of seeing the actual url I see "http://rds.yahoo.com_ylt=" followed by a really long string. If I click on the link it redirects me.
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chad-roscoe · May 20, 2006

Hi again,

I was getting redirected to various sites. I followed your instructions and this morning installed and ran Ad-Aware SE Personal. It detected a ton of problems which I quarantined and removed. I reset my browser settings to their defaults. Everything seems to be working fine now.

Thanks!

chaslang · May 20, 2006

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