Hey everyone,
So it seems I have the same problem that a lot of people on this board are having which is that clicking on links in Google search results redirect me to another website (usually after several quick redirects consecutively, I end up on some other generic search page, or a page trying to "scan my computer for viruses" or trying to sell me something).
The other issue I'm having is that a program called mom.exe is hogging around 50% of my processor resources. I know this program is a part of ATI Catalyst Control center, but I have never had any problems with it until recently. In fact, I noticed that mom.exe began this unusual system hogging around the same time the search links started redirecting.
My virus software (McAfee) and my current spyware program (Spybot) were not catching anything unusual when I ran them.
I followed the 8 steps twice (both sets of logs are attached with the exception of my first Hijack this scan, I somehow deleted the log file). The first time it seemed to help with the search links for a short time and then the problem reappeared a few hours later.
I also have a log of my most recent couple of virus scans if anyone thinks that would help.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
So it seems I have the same problem that a lot of people on this board are having which is that clicking on links in Google search results redirect me to another website (usually after several quick redirects consecutively, I end up on some other generic search page, or a page trying to "scan my computer for viruses" or trying to sell me something).
The other issue I'm having is that a program called mom.exe is hogging around 50% of my processor resources. I know this program is a part of ATI Catalyst Control center, but I have never had any problems with it until recently. In fact, I noticed that mom.exe began this unusual system hogging around the same time the search links started redirecting.
My virus software (McAfee) and my current spyware program (Spybot) were not catching anything unusual when I ran them.
I followed the 8 steps twice (both sets of logs are attached with the exception of my first Hijack this scan, I somehow deleted the log file). The first time it seemed to help with the search links for a short time and then the problem reappeared a few hours later.
I also have a log of my most recent couple of virus scans if anyone thinks that would help.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!