On Monday, 14 May 2018 18:51:09 UTC+1, IRRITATING SPAMMER wrote: > Lee wrote: > > On 5/13/18, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sunday, 13 May 2018 12:17:38 UTC+1, chicagofan wrote: > >>> IRRITATING SPAMMER wrote: > >>>> <snip> > >>>> > >>>> It appears that your problem is a serious danger to your data and you > >>>> need to fix it smartish. > >>>> - How did it get past your virus scanner in the first place? > >>>> - What router are you using? Some of them are insecure. > >>>> As a temporary measure (you do need to fix this), try using something > >>>> like https://duckduckgo.com/ as a search engine. You can either call > >>>> it explicitly or change your settings to call it implicitly. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I've been using duckduckgo for several years with no problems. Can't > >>> tell any difference from Google. Mozilla reference caused the switch. > >>> bj > >> > >> No difference to this hijacker/virus when starting in safe mode. As soon as > >> google.com is entered it blocks with Capitcha questions which are never > >> satisfied. I use Kaspersky antivirus and Malwarebytes and Adwcleaner. > >> Nothing they found and cleaned has helped so far. > > > > Safe mode doesn't reset your prefs. Try it with a brand new profile. > > > > Lee > > > > My "research" on the subject indicated the problem could even be a > rootkit. The fact that resetting the router helped for a few minutes > leads me to suspect that the problem may not even be on the PC. That is > why I asked what the router was. > > -- > spammus ergo sum
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