What is wrong with google on my friends comp

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Lifer
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as stupidly simple as it sounds, just check in the internet options to make sure some settings haven't been added in.
 

mechBgon

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Originally posted by: Anubis
thanks all it seems he has fixed it, it was either spyware blaster or bho deamon that got it for him
:cool:

 

ActuaryTm

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Originally posted by: Anubis
yea you rule

he installed Kas and it found 3 things before it even finished updateing
I imagine some were in the list I mentioned above. Most browser-related spyware is fairly easy to spot in a HJT log (just a matter of knowing what to look for).
 

mechBgon

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Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: Anubis
thanks all it seems he has fixed it, it was either spyware blaster or bho deamon that got it for him
:cool:

yea you rule

he installed Kas and it found 3 things before it even finished updateing
And the interesting thing is that's after running both Norton Antivirus (of some version, anyway) and McAfee. That mirrors my experience when I was prying the malware off my little sister's rig.
 

Anubis

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Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: Anubis
thanks all it seems he has fixed it, it was either spyware blaster or bho deamon that got it for him
:cool:

yea you rule

he installed Kas and it found 3 things before it even finished updateing
And the interesting thing is that's after running both Norton Antivirus (of some version, anyway) and McAfee. That mirrors my experience when I was prying the malware off my little sister's rig.

yea its kickass, it found 1 or 2 on my comp when i installed and and it was totally clean according to Norton and AVG

i had some trojan sitting in a rar file, and i had Norton and AVG set to scan within archives :roll: