How To Remove The "Google Redirect Virus" From Your PC

By Jerry J. Jansen On April 29, 2010 Under Internet Security

The “Google redirect virus” is a virus that infects people’s computers and then changes all their Google listings to redirect to some spam websites, trying to sell some products. The virus itself is not that damaging to your PC, but is incredibly annoying and difficult to remove. Fortunately, you can use this tutorial to remove this virus and stop it from ever coming back.

What Is This Virus & Where Does It Come From?

The Google redirect virus is just a small application that some hackers made to change the settings inside your web browsers. They have coded it so that whenever you search for something on Google, the natural listings that appear will take you to an un-related and annoying page trying to sell you some products. This virus is typically from “Trojan Horse” viruses, which install undesirable programs on your system without your knowledge.

How To Remove The Google Redirect Infection

This virus can be removed pretty easily if you know how it works and how to stop it. Essentially, if you can cut off the virus’ settings and operational files, then you’ll be able to kill the infection and stop it from coming back ever again. This can be achieved with this 3-step-system:

 

Use a program called “ComboFix” to remove all the Google redirect files
Make sure it’s all cleaned off your browser
Clean out all the registry settings it leaves to prevent it coming back

 

If you can follow those instructions, you’ll be able to make this virus disappear from your computer forever. It’s not that difficult and you can use a series of automated tools to do it for you. You can find some more details about how to perform this virus removal by checking out our website.

 

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