how do I stop getting redirected to:<( http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/nclk )> when I try to do a search with google? is it a firefox thing or a google thing?
when i try to search something with google, I get redirected when I click on a resulted site. (example: search for vibram) the first response i get is www.vibramfivefingers.com, but when i click on it i get this (( http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/nclk?sa=L&ai=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vibramfivefingers.com%2F )). How can I stop this and is it a firefox thing or a google thing??? things
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I think I fixed this. Here is a link to a long set of diagnostics where they finally figured out a guys problem with this same issue:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic209594.html/page__st__15
Here are two links to the program that fixed it. (I think -- no redirects now for a while on my machine)
http://jpshortstuff.247fixes.com/GooredFix.exe
http://downloads.securitycadets.com/GooredFix.exe
Good luck!
Dave
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Sites Affected
http:/
Installed Plug-ins
- BitCometAgent for Firefox
- BitTorrent Plugin 1
- 6.0.12.69
- RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In
- 1.9.0042.0
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.0.0
- Default Plug-in
- The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
- Shockwave Flash 10.1 r102
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.5.9.615
- iTunes Detector Plug-in
- Delivery Network Acceleration by BitTorrent™
- Picasa plugin
- 4.0.51204.0
- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers
- Java(TM) Platform SE binary
- Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_17 for Mozilla browsers
- Npdsplay dll
- DRM Store Netscape Plugin
- DRM Netscape Network Object
Application
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
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I think I fixed this. Here is a link to a long set of diagnostics where they finally figured out a guys problem with this same issue:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic209594.html/page__st__15
Here are two links to the program that fixed it. (I think -- no redirects now for a while on my machine)
http://jpshortstuff.247fixes.com/GooredFix.exe
http://downloads.securitycadets.com/GooredFix.exe
Good luck!
Dave
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Modified by Noah_SUMO
If malware is suspected, there should be no need to use paid for tools to remove it.
See also
- general official advice Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware
- a post by a top contributor detailing the suggested actions /questions/914980#answer-302372 including a listing of helpful sites