subject: Google Redirect Virus Fix - How To Remove The Redirect Virus From Your PC [print this page] Google Redirect Virus Fix - How To Remove The Redirect Virus From Your PC
The Google Redirect Virus is a common infection that has been designed to change the settings of Windows to try and send you to fake websites whenever you click onto search engine results. Despite this virus hiding away on your system, it's a very big annoyance and is continually evading detection & deletion. If you have the virus, you need to be able to remove all the parts of the infection from your computer - which is only going to be achieved if you are able to use the steps in this tutorial
What Is The The Google Redirect Virus?
The redirect virus can come in several forms, but always does the same things to your PC - in that it will continually send your search engine links to different websites, preventing you from correctly being able to load up the pages you require.
This virus will cause these problems on your system:
Google results will be redirected
Your browser will continually open new popup Windows
Your web browser will show fake tabs opened
How To Remove The Google Redirect Virus
The redirect virus is a fake infection which has been designed to hide away on your computer. It does not act like typical viruses, and therefore cannot be removed using the typical antivirus programs that your computer may have installed.
The issue with this virus is that it's actually going to be changing vital Windows settings on your computer, and therefore will be undetectable to most programs. In order to remove the virus, you have to basically work to change the various settings that it will have changed. This can be done by either using a Trojan Horse removal program, or an actual piece of software called "ComboFix".
