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HiJacked by SearchMagnified.com, How do I remove this?

Shaggadoo
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I have been hijacked by searchmagnified.com How do I remove it?

I have been hijacked by searchmagnified.com How do I remove it?

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Did you try the searchreset extension?

Try to reset prefs related to searchmagnified on the about:config page.

  • Open the about:config page via the location bar and do a search for searchmagnified via the Search bar at the top of the about:config page.
  • Reset all searchmagnified related prefs that appear bold (user set) via the right-click context menu to their default values.
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cor-el
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In what way does the searchmagnified.com website manifests itself?

Is that searching via the location bar or otherwise?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

You can also try this extension:

Shaggadoo
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In the address bar. If I type in urladdress.com instead of going to url it takes me to searchmagnified.com. I have google set up as my search engine and home page.

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cor-el
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Chosen Solution

Did you try the searchreset extension?

Try to reset prefs related to searchmagnified on the about:config page.

  • Open the about:config page via the location bar and do a search for searchmagnified via the Search bar at the top of the about:config page.
  • Reset all searchmagnified related prefs that appear bold (user set) via the right-click context menu to their default values.
Shaggadoo
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I tried those with no results. On further experimentation the problem has stopped. I have no idea, but it is working currently. Thank you for your help.

Modified by Shaggadoo

saiswaroop155
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Hai.. My name is swaroop, And my Website is http://www.Cinema65.com , this virus is not only entered to my system, it directly entered into my website. Whenever anyone trying to open my website he is getting www.SearchMagnified.com page... Please help me out...

Modified by saiswaroop155

cor-el
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Hi saiswaroop155

I see a message at the op of the page that this has been fixed:

Hai Friends, Due to Some Technical Issue This Website Redirected to Some other website From Yesterday, Problem has fixed now :)

Reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.

  • Press and hold Shift and left-click the Reload button.
  • Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • Press "Command + Shift + R" (MAC)
saiswaroop155
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Thanks cor-el :) Due to some Ifames it happend like this :) I fixed it..

Thanks for your valuable reply :)