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[DavidThi808]

About 2 weeks ago my system got infected by a visit to the website longboardlife.com. What happens is that about every 20th time I click on a link on any website, it takes me instead to some other site. The sites it takes me to are always different and generally are selling something.

It also happens sometimes when I right click on a link and select open new tab - it takes the site I am on, not the new tab, to the rogue site.

I checked atapi.sys - it has not been changed (it matches atapi.sys on an uninfected system). I did a get updates on AntiMalware yesterday and ran a complete scan - did not find anything. I installed Chrome after this occurred and Chrome also has this problem.

What can I give you to help you find what is doing this?

thanks - dave

[daledoc1]

Hello and welcome to MBAM, DavidThi808:

Sounds as if you are infected.

We cannot work on malware removal in this section of the forums, so please read below for assistance with cleaning your system.

IMPORTANT: Please do NOT use any temporary file cleaners unless instructed to do so - they can cause data loss, making it hard to recover your system.

There are some excellent, self-help tutorials on getting MBAM to run on an infected system in the FAQ: HERE.

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OPTION 1:

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Thank you very much,

daledoc1


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