Adware

[slofox]

Something keeps opening unwanted websites in my browser (Chrome). Spybot seems unable to fix this problem despite repeated scans.

Any other solutions spring to mind?

Ta.

[SMOKEU]

Try Malwarebytes free. It picks up most things.

[Tazz]

And stop looking at dodgy pornography websites.

[SMOKEU]

And stop looking at dodgy pornography websites.

That's what a sandboxed browser is for, or a GNU/Linux VM.

[BoristheBiter]

Something keeps opening unwanted websites in my browser (Chrome). Spybot seems unable to fix this problem despite repeated scans.

Any other solutions spring to mind?

Ta.

What's the website?

Go to uninstall and see if its noted in there.
remove it.
restart computer and see if it's gone.

[slofox]

What's the website?

Go to uninstall and see if its noted in there.
remove it.
restart computer and see if it's gone.

'tain't just one. Seems to be random garbage with no obvious pattern. But then I am noted as being "as observant as a brick wall" so maybe I'll look more closely.

[Tigadee]

Ones I've encountered are called Linkbucks and Conduit Engine.

Linkbucks hijacks every page and acts as if it were a portal through which every page goes through. Dangerous too as it deposits a virus into your system which wipes everythign out. Conduit Engine basically hijacks all your Google searches and installs itself as the default search engine.

Malwarebytes picked them up and killed them.

[BoristheBiter]

'tain't just one. Seems to be random garbage with no obvious pattern. But then I am noted as being "as observant as a brick wall" so maybe I'll look more closely.

OK do what i said above, then check your browser settings, then get "spy hunter".

Best one I have found and if you uninstall it without registering it only costs $10

[Akzle]

what was that virus that mac had.....?
o. wait on. that was linux....

o. wait on....

[Hitcher]

While the problem may be manifesting itself on Chrome, Chrome is most unlikely to be the cause. Download Revo (and not through CNet or any of those dodgy download sites) and see what it can find for you.

[G4L4XY]

Ones I've encountered are called Linkbucks and Conduit Engine.

Linkbucks hijacks every page and acts as if it were a portal through which every page goes through. Dangerous too as it deposits a virus into your system which wipes everythign out. Conduit Engine basically hijacks all your Google searches and installs itself as the default search engine.

Malwarebytes picked them up and killed them.

I had something like this on my laptop. I'd type in google.co.nz .com .co.uk etc and it wouldn't route to the secure site, also it would try downloading something (unsure what as I said "no eff off")

Malwarebytes chewed this up, spewed it out, shat on it, burnt it then served it for dinner to the trash who gobbled it up and is now non existent on my system. as to how it got there in the first place "I dunno"

[EJK]

And stop looking at dodgy pornography websites.

Like I always say to my friends, computers don't "just" catch virus by themselves.

I love how when they ask me to help fix their computer and say "suddenly it caught a spyware/malware/virus!" or "I didn't do anything"

[slofox]

Like I always say to my friends, computers don't "just" catch virus by themselves.

I love how when they ask me to help fix their computer and say "suddenly it caught a spyware/malware/virus!" or "I didn't do anything"

"I didn't do anything"...

but my grandson may well have...started to happen after he started using online games sites (Kizzy, Kizi etc).

Couple days watching shows many of the websites are game related...but there are some "I can make you some money" types as well.

Maybe I should limit him to onboard games...course, he might be trolling porn sites as well - I mean, he's 7 after all.

I've always been able to sort this kind of thing with Spybot. But not this time.

Verily, 'tis a mindfucker.

[BuzzardNZ]

The brute force approach... reinstall windows.

[Akzle]

The brute force approach... *dont reinstall windows.

fixed for you.