Tech Help! Every Time I Click On A Hyperlink From Google, I Get Sent To A Different Search Engine?
No matter what I’m searching for on google, when I click on a hyperlink it sends me to another search engine that’s completely irrelevant, like yellow pages or frisgo or something
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You have a virus! Have bestbuy come out and fix your computer.
then get some anivirus software.
Remove all malware currently on your system: ‘Malwarebytes’ works for many folks.http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php (keep updated w/C-net dwnld. pg)
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When PC’s (personal confusers) misbehave, one step to help reduce annoying pop-ups & unrequested websites from being displayed on your machine is to turn off 3rd party cookies, and always leave them off.
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INTERNET EXPLORER: Tools> Internet Options> Privacy> Advanced:
here check ‘Override automatic….’; ‘Allow session cookies’; ‘Allow 1st party cookies’ & ‘Block 3rd Party Cookies’.
FIREFOX: Tools> Options> Privacy: Check ‘Accept Cookies from sites’
& Un-Check ‘Accept 3rd Party cookies’
Safari: (see instr. here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?…
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These reduce ad garbage, giving nearly ad-free pages when surfing; for Firefox
Flashblock: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox…
Add block plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox…
Popup Master: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox…
And to deflect server based spy/adware, that tracks your surfing:
“Opt Out”…
Yahoo here: http://info.yahoo.com/relevantads/
Google here: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
NAI garbage here: http://networkadvertising.org/managing/o…
DoubleClick poison here: http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_…
Notes:
Because architecture of the Internet (notably ‘Flash’ scripting), vulnerabilities are readily exploited in Internet Explorer, & it is now >>urgent< < that you
use Firefox with 'NoScript' add-on, which will prevent "Click-jacking'.
NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox…
(also has a feature to block unwanted advertising re-directs)
Turn off ’spell check’ may help, as this sends keystrokes back to the server also, which may be used to ‘target’ advertising.
Good luck.