Google Redirect Virus - It is Easy to Remove Google Redirect Virus!

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Google Redirect Virus - It is Easy to Remove Google Redirect Virus! By R. K. Jain

What is Google Redirect Virus? One of my friends came to me telling that he is having a very strange problem which he has never experienced before. Whenever he searches for something in Google, he gets and advertisements, popups and irrelevant search results. This was really strange and I checked Google on my computer and tried searching for the same terms my friend was searching. Everything was perfectly fine and this ensured me that there is something wrong with his system. After searching for symptoms of this anomaly on Google, I found It was the Google Redirect Virus which is extremely dangerous and should be removed immediately. This virus lives up to its name and hijacks any search or website visit a user plans to make. Instead of the original website, users get redirected to fake websites containing bogus ads,corrupted pages and even more Spywares. The source of this virus can be anything and If you are surfing on Internet for screen savers, Mp3s, downloads, Videos, you'll never know when your system will catch this virus. There are lots of websites which appear as a download website and when your visit them to get what you are looking for, you system gets infected. This virus is spreading very rapidly. How Google Redirect Virus Harms Your Computer? This virus is very harmful and getting rid of it is not easy. There can be several other bad effects of Redirect Google Virus but the following symptoms are common: 1. It can change homepage of web browser and prevents user from modifying it. 2. It can redirect web browser to unwanted websites automatically. Those websites usually promotes more virus and scams. 3. It can generate pop ups and when you search on Google, you may be redirected to unwanted web sites. 4. This virus may also block certain websites (Such as Antivirus Websites) so that you can not remove it. It may also block certain security tools. 5. This virus can load commercial fake pop-ups to scare you to purchase certain anti-virus products. However In fact, those Anti-Virus products are malicious themselves and will damage your computer even further. 6.Google Redirect Virus may modify the Windows HOSTS file. The victim ends up visiting predefined website instead of certain address and those predefined websites are malicious.


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