Yeah, it was probably a hijacker. These things work by injecting code into the LSP (Layered Service Provider):
A Layered Service Provider is a DLL that uses Winsock APIs to insert itself into the TCP/IP stack. Once in the stack, a Layered Service Provider can intercept and modify inbound and outbound Internet traffic
it's still happening... just had a redirect with an Oops! Link appears to be broken screen with the text "controller dsx null" inserted
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It may be a persistent one, downloading more code from the internet. It also might be reinstalling itself from a location on your drive. Malwarbytes' should find it/them.
So i have 3 files i cannot delete after uninstalling a game. I also cannot rename the folder they are in without windows explorer not responding and i have to restart explorer.
I did take ownership method but that froze up to. I went into safe mode, and tried it that way - also didn't delete, it...
Last few weeks I've been viewing my normal web news or shopping pages and when I click on a link for more details or a news story, all of a sudden I'm switched to a survey site! This is happening 24/7 to me on every web site I visit. I've been keeping track of the addresses of these switched sites...
Hi, This had happen to my computer before and I was able to remove it; however, this time it's back and Window Updater is starting to act up. It tells me that they are new updates, but I'm unable to download them.
I have scanned the laptop with Malware Anti-Malware last night, and remove some...
I have a 10 files that have all been categorised into about 40 folders. These files have been damaged.
I have a backup of all these files, but they are not categorised and sit in a single directory.
Does anyone know of an easy technique to batch replace the damaged files with the originals?
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