Solved Redirect on Google searches

[Bobbye]

A lot of excess files got removed, you updated, a few entries were removed, you did some maintenance and you rebooted! Sometimes that's all it takes.

Let's give it another day or 2 to make sure the redirect is gone. Let me know Sun. or Mon. if you still haven't been redirected and I'll have you remove the cleaning tools we used. Okay?

 

[Kactus]

OK, sounds good. Thanks!

 

[Bobbye]

How did the system do over the weekend?

 

[Kactus]

Hi Bobbye,

It worked good. No redirects at all. I did have a slight problem today where when I used my back-button it would not take me back to the previous internet site. So I cleaned out the temp files using both IE and Windows system tools disc cleanup. Then rebooted and it worked properly again. So, looks like I'm good to go thanks to you.

 

[Bobbye]

There is an arrow point to the right of the Back/Forward buttons. If you click on the arrow point, you will get a drop-down menu of the pages in the history- this will include not only the precious page, but any other pages (sites) up to the max number which is a set value..

One thing to note: if you are using a browser with tabs, it will only display and go back to the pages that have been loaded in that tab. For instance: if you opened a page in a new tab, you can only go back to those pages that were loaded in that tab.

Do you understand what I mean? It's like you can't get M&Ms out of the jar that holds Milky Ways!
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Remove all of the tools we used and the files and folders they created

• Uninstall ComboFix and all Backups of the files it deleted
  [o] Click START> then RUN
  [o] Now type Combofix /Uninstall in the runbox and click OK. Note the space between the X and the U, it needs to be there.
  
• Download OTCleanIt by OldTimer and save it to your Desktop.
  [o] Double click OTCleanIt.exe.
  [o] Click the CleanUp! button.
  [o] If you are prompted to Reboot during the cleanup, select Yes.
  [o]The tool will delete itself once it finishes.
  Note: If you receive a warning from your firewall or other security programs regarding OTC attempting to contact the internet, please allow it to do so.
  Note: If any tool, file or folder (belonging to the program we have used) hasn't been deleted, please delete it manually.
  
• Set a new, clean Restore Point
  [o] Click on Start> right click on Computer> Properties
  [o] Select System Protection
  [o] Click on the Create button (near bottom)
  [o] Type a name for the Restore Point
  [o] Click on Create again to save the restore point.
  
• Deleting all but the most recent System Protection point in Windows 7
  [o] Click Start> Computer> right click the C Drive and choose Properties> enter.
  [o] Click Disk Cleanup from there.
  
  
  
  [o] Click Clean up system files
  This restarts Disk Cleanup to run in elevated mode.
  [o] Click the More Options tab
  
  
  
  [o] Click the Clean up under System Restore and Shadow Copies.
  [o] Click OK.
  [o] You will get a confirmation screen> Just click Delete.
  [o] Click OK on the Disk Cleanup Screen.
  [o] Click Delete Files on the Confirmation screen.

This runs the Disk Cleanup utility along with other selections if you have chosen any. (if you had a lot System Restore points, you will see a significant change in the free space in C drive)
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