I recently picked up a piece of malware, probably a Trojan, that tends to
redirect the links in Google. When I use Google to search, the first two
times I select a link (the same link), the computer is redirected to some
totally unrelated site. The HISTORY tab on the browser shows a REDIRECT
selection - which must be byp***ed manually in order to stop the redirect.
This will happen twice on the same link. The third time I select the link,
the connection is successful and the redirect tab disappears from the
HISTORY list. I have updated and run the top virus scans and spyware
programs, which have come up with nothing. (Norton lists 76 current
REDIRECT programs.) Has anyone had experience with such a problem? Does
anyone have a solution? Thanks in advance.
tjscribe

Found an answer to my question:

Certain types of spyware, called Trojan Horses or backdoor Trojans, are
known to be added to certain "free" offers for anti-spyware programs. There
is a great deal of talk about this in discussion groups about browser
redirection. (Look at Adware and Browser Issues - below - to see what such
a spyware program can do.) Once the program is downloaded, installed and
run, it reveals itself as an advertisement. Removing the program will not
remove the Trojan.

In relentless pursuit for anti-spyware solutions, I do remember downloading
such a program a few days ago, and it was probably one of the four removed
by Fixwareout:
Wareout
KillNClean
SpyMarshal
UnspyPC
The name SpyMarshal rings a bell.
My computer had both of the symptoms listed below.
Adware:

Adware is invasive that it can at times annoy the user. It is often
installed unknowingly and generally results in pop-up and/or pop-under ads.
It can also embed links into web pages the user visits that are not part of
the original code for the website.

Browser Issues
Spyware is known to alter your default home page and "search engine
hijacking" (redirect your search engine). Other times, it will install an
unnecessary web browser toolbar. The worst symptom is pop-up and pop-under
windows that randomly or constantly appear.

"Thomas Johnson" <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote in message
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>I recently picked up a piece of malware, probably a Trojan, that tends to
>redirect the links in Google. When I use Google to search, the first two
>times I select a link (the same link), the computer is redirected to some
>totally unrelated site. The HISTORY tab on the browser shows a REDIRECT
>selection - which must be byp***ed manually in order to stop the redirect.
>This will happen twice on the same link. The third time I select the link,
>the connection is successful and the redirect tab disappears from the
>HISTORY list. I have updated and run the top virus scans and spyware
>programs, which have come up with nothing. (Norton lists 76 current
>REDIRECT programs.) Has anyone had experience with such a problem? Does
>anyone have a solution? Thanks in advance.
> tjscribe
>
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