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Something is hijacking my browsers and my Search engines



 
 
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Old June 14th 10, 08:32 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
Jay Skulkan Bushwhacker
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Default Something is hijacking my browsers and my Search engines

Whenever I do google searches, it pulls up the links, but when I click
on them it takes me to local and other advertisements90% of the time.

Sometimes even when I type in a website to browse it takes me to an
advertisement.

I put on a fresh copy of vist ultimate 32 bit four days ago. For three
days things were great. Now the hijacking has started again.

Comodo keeps finding something called "sfh.exe" and putting it in the
sand box. Maybe that is that problem?
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Old June 14th 10, 09:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
FromTheRafters[_3_]
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Default Something is hijacking my browsers and my Search engines

"Jay Skulkan Bushwhacker" wrote in message
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Whenever I do google searches, it pulls up the links, but when I click
on them it takes me to local and other advertisements90% of the time.

Sometimes even when I type in a website to browse it takes me to an
advertisement.

I put on a fresh copy of vist ultimate 32 bit four days ago. For three
days things were great. Now the hijacking has started again.

Comodo keeps finding something called "sfh.exe" and putting it in the
sand box. Maybe that is that problem?


Have you tried running the free versions of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware or
SUPERAntiSpyware? Are you using a router? Have you contacted your ISP or the
"Comodo" support staff? What was the problem stated about "sfh.exe"?


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Old June 24th 10, 04:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
Jay Skulkan Bushwhacker
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Default Something is hijacking my browsers and my Search engines

On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:24:38 -0400, "FromTheRafters" erratic
@nomail.afraid.org wrote:

"Jay Skulkan Bushwhacker" wrote in message
.. .
Whenever I do google searches, it pulls up the links, but when I click
on them it takes me to local and other advertisements90% of the time.

Sometimes even when I type in a website to browse it takes me to an
advertisement.

I put on a fresh copy of vist ultimate 32 bit four days ago. For three
days things were great. Now the hijacking has started again.

Comodo keeps finding something called "sfh.exe" and putting it in the
sand box. Maybe that is that problem?


Have you tried running the free versions of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware or
SUPERAntiSpyware? Are you using a router? Have you contacted your ISP or the
"Comodo" support staff? What was the problem stated about "sfh.exe"?

Yes, I have all three of them on my computer. They all found multiple
things when I ran them. I deleted what they found. Browsers still
being Hjijacked to advertisement sites.,

I'm now getting host file shut down messages as well.

I can no longer check for updates. Perhaps since I'm using SP2 there
is nothing newer to download?

I'm still getting the "sfh.exe" message about a dozen times a day. No
one knows what it does. comodo keeps it in the sandbox however.
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Old June 24th 10, 10:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
FromTheRafters[_3_]
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Default Something is hijacking my browsers and my Search engines

"Jay Skulkan Bushwhacker" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:24:38 -0400, "FromTheRafters" erratic
@nomail.afraid.org wrote:

"Jay Skulkan Bushwhacker" wrote in message
. ..
Whenever I do google searches, it pulls up the links, but when I click
on them it takes me to local and other advertisements90% of the time.

Sometimes even when I type in a website to browse it takes me to an
advertisement.

I put on a fresh copy of vist ultimate 32 bit four days ago. For three
days things were great. Now the hijacking has started again.

Comodo keeps finding something called "sfh.exe" and putting it in the
sand box. Maybe that is that problem?


Have you tried running the free versions of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware or
SUPERAntiSpyware? Are you using a router? Have you contacted your ISP or
the
"Comodo" support staff? What was the problem stated about "sfh.exe"?

Yes, I have all three of them on my computer. They all found multiple
things when I ran them. I deleted what they found. Browsers still
being Hjijacked to advertisement sites.,

I'm now getting host file shut down messages as well.

I can no longer check for updates. Perhaps since I'm using SP2 there
is nothing newer to download?

I'm still getting the "sfh.exe" message about a dozen times a day. No
one knows what it does. comodo keeps it in the sandbox however.


Seems like too much to deal with - "flatten and rebuild" may be required.

First, you might want to try assisted help in one of the HiJackThis forums.

....and you neglected to answer the*other* questions.


 




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