404 spyware redirection

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404 spyware redirection

AffiliateDreamer

2:44 pm on May 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hi,

Whenever I type in a incorrect url in my IE browser I get redirected to some directory site.

It goes to:

http://www.www.garbage-site.com.org

how can I get rid of this crap from my pc?

TIA

[edited by: Macguru at 2:48 pm (utc) on May 21, 2004]
[edit reason] Removed specifics [/edit]

Macguru

2:51 pm on May 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

PestPatrol or Ad-aware can fix this.

TheVisitor

3:09 pm on May 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

I've found Spybot Search and Destroy to be the best product (free) for this type of thing. Do a search for it, download it, install it and make sure you get it to 'search for updates' to bring it up to date. Then hit the 'search for problems' button. After it has scanned your machine, if it finds anything, hit the 'fix selected problems' button.

I use it on all my machines - it's never let me down; it often finds stuff that Ad-aware doesn't.

HTH