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Why is "clickserve.dartsearch.net" blocking browser searches and why does this bypass Firefox security?

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jkington
jkington

When I do a web search for genuine companies/stories/facebook etc I get this "clickserve.dartsearch.net" listed in the search heading!

The search then either times out or it blocks access to the person/company I want to visit

I have Malwarebytes scartching their heads and even my VCN do not know what is goinf on :(

Help!! It is driving me crazy over the last week

When I do a web search for genuine companies/stories/facebook etc I get this "clickserve.dartsearch.net" listed in the search heading! The search then either times out or it blocks access to the person/company I want to visit I have Malwarebytes scartching their heads and even my VCN do not know what is goinf on :( Help!! It is driving me crazy over the last week

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Coat
Coat

Hi, clicksearch dartsearch is an adware that got into your pc. There's a couple things you should try;

First is try using adblocker like Uorigin. This doesn't remove the virus from your laptop though, it would only help firefox block the adware pop-ups and such.

Second, you should remove the virus. Well I'm not an expert and I would be bad at explaining but here's a site that thoroughly describes and shows how to remove it: https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-clickserve-dartsearch-net/

Goodluck!

jkington
jkington Question owner

Thanks for you reply Coat but tried all of the ways listed in their alleged solutions and even malwaretips/bytes software does not find it :(

jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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I would suggest this tool to see what is running.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

and this...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

Modified by jonzn4SUSE