Make sure you download the new version from (note the https for security). Start by making a list of your useful Firefox extensions and then uninstalling and re-installing Firefox. Some redirections are the result of websites being hacked, and in these cases, there’s nothing wrong with the user’s PC. It could be something to do with your Hosts file (though it probably isn’t), with a rootkit on your hard drive, or with a “poisoned” domain name service (DNS). Unfortunately, there are several ways of redirecting search traffic, so we can’t even be certain that Firefox is the problem. Your PC may well prompt you to do this each time you restart it. It’s also a good idea to make a restore copy of Windows on DVD as well. Your PC probably has a hidden recovery partition that will do this. The danger is that an attacker can use a small security hole to install more malignant software, so it’s best to give your PC a thorough inspection.īefore you start, make sure you have all your programs and data backed up, and that you can restore Windows to its factory condition if necessary. In this case, you’re not sure if your PC has any malware, and you haven’t identified it, so we will have to take a generic approach. Usually, the best way to tackle malware is to identify it, so that you can search for specific solutions. This also seems to afflict Apple Mac OS X users and apparently some Linux users, but not Firefox users. Google’s Chrome browser has been having problems with something known as the redirect, which may be botnet related. I’m not very happy to do this because my various Firefox extensions add functionality I value. Researching the problem, I came across concerns that the Chrome browser could have this behaviour, and the suggestion was to disable extensions.
I thought this might be malware, but I have scanned with AVG and Malwarebytes, including anti-rootkit, and there is no indication of anything wrong. If I go back to the search results and click the same link, it usually goes to the correct site. Frequently, but not always, when I click on a link in a Google search result, it takes me to a page advertising something instead of going to the page indicated. I use the Firefox web browser with Adblock, and I run AVG anti-virus.
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