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Google ReDirect Rootkit Infected Computer. MSE Bypassed. How Fix?
How remove google ReDirect Virus (Rootkit) when MSE has been disabled by it?
My computer is infected with something. I think it's the Google ReDirect Virus, because when I try to go to websites like Trend Micro to get an online virus scanner, I can no longer get there.
Additionally, I am getting pop-up windows from something offering to run a security scan. Sometimes the scan starts by itself. It looks something like Microsoft Security Essentials (which I have); but it is not.
I am getting other pop-ups in bold red windows saying I have a virus; but it's not MSE; and MSE is the virus scanner I am running.
These pop-ups are malicious and I am being forced to click on them to close them, which have I don't know what other effects.
At one point I got a malicious phony full screen ad to buy some virus removal software, and clicking on the X close the page in the upper right corner had no effect to close it. I had to shut down the computer to get rid of it.
MSE seems to have completely missed this virus or rootkit and the rootkit has taken over my computer. I am typing this from a different computer.
I did an internet search for how to remove Google ReDirect, and most of the websites advise to download and run certain applications like MalWareBytes, etc. They seem to completely miss the point that many websites are now inaccessible.