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Malware + Virus problems? Try System Restore for Mal/VB-AGH

Submitted by manilatop10 on February 17th, 2013 – Flag this news as inappropriate
Category: Tech

30 minutes was all that I let a guest use a computer that I have and a simple download for games using a few sites, that they did, including All Games Home .com www.allgameshome.com/ proved to be a problem since when logging in today, Google Chrome was directing to their so called ‘search’ page. I tried to uninstall via managing search engines but to no avail since the ‘x’ to delete was not available. I placed a question on Yahoo Answers where two people said to try using Malwarebytes to restore this Google Redirect Virus and also at the product forums for Google Chrome to see if this was already answered. In addition, there are quite a few well written sites with ‘free’ download tools yet some of the best advice ends up referring to anti-virus software that is for purchase. Could it be they are connected to the whole operation or is the site from Alexandria, Va. a completely separate entity?

What eventually worked was to reboot in Safe Mode and instead of editing registry files, since I’m not a technical wizard, i chose a suitable Restore Point prior to the download from that site. One can scan what other updates will be affected prior to choosing this option. In my case, it was only going to be a JAVA update and some other security updates, which can be re-updated now. Interestingly, one final step, I HOPE, was still needed and that was to eliminate the redirected search engine, that was now available to delete. and it had the more normal ?q=%s looking html link to do that with. I hope this continues to work, since I do not want to pay for any additional firewall or antivirus and Malware protection of removal tools and simply uninstalling programs did not work. Making backups and using +System-Restore is a decent option to check when an unwanted change is made to your computer.

Hope this is helpful + someone can learn from my experience today, Eric.

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+Reboot
+SafeMode
+Safe-Mode
+MalwareBytes
+AllGamesHome
+GoogleRedirectVirus
+Google-Redirect-Virus
+Virus-Removal
+VirusRemoval
+MalwareRemoval
+Malware-Removal
+ProductForums
+Product-Forums
+ControlPanel
+Control-Panel
+SystemSecurity
+System-Security
+DeviceManager
+Device-Manager
+HiddenDevices
+Hidden-Devices
+SecurityUpdate
+Security-Update
+WindowsFeatures
+Windows-Features
+DefaultPrograms
+Default-Programs
+DesktopGadgets
+MobileGadgets
+Desktop-Gadgets
+Mobile-Gadgets
+ApplicationManager
+Application-Manager
+NotifcationSettings
+UserAccountControl
+NetworkAccessProtection
+Firewalls
+OmniBox
+SystemRestore
+System-Restore
+RestorePoint
+Restore-Point
+Malware
+Google
+Safe-browsing
+Google-Chrome
+Internet-safety
+Computer-management
+Diagnostics
+Manilatop10
+Yahoo-answers
+YahooAnswers
+GoogleChrome
+Firewalls
+WindowsFirewalls
+Windows-Firewalls
+NetworkAccessProtection
+NotifcationSettings
+UserAccountControl
+Application-Manager
+ApplicationManager
+FakeSearchEngines
+Fake-Search-Engines

via bubblews.com

System Restore might be a good option.

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