Infospace.com Redirect Removal Instructions
The Infospace.com search engine redirect is a symptom that your computer has been infected with a very hazardous trojan virus. The virus will change system preferences on the contaminated system and redirect internet searches to random related sites that hackers want you to visit. Everytime the computer is rebooted, the virus will infect system files and modify keys and values in the windows registry to redirect pages in google, yahoo etc. to Infospace.com unwanted page.
Infospace.com related malware may steal sensitive personal information and cause the system function to be severely degraded.
Possible symptoms:
- Computer does not connect to the Internet
- Gathered personal information
- Misleading pop-up alerts
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Browser homepage hijack
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Technical Details
| Malware Specification |
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Redirection: |
Infospace.com |
Also known as: |
Infospace |
Paths: |
dsclick.infospace.com/clickhandler |
Related malware: |
Search Engine Redirect Virus |
Short description: |
A search engine redirect virus is a form of malware that changes the proxy and registry permissions on the system and forwards users to unsolicited websites. The virus affects most search engines and is normally delivered and installed by a very malicious rootkit trojan.
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| Threat Levels |
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Risk level: |
Severe |
Distribution level: |
High |
Removal level: |
Hard |
Damage level: |
Medium |
Infected systems: |
MS Windows 7, MS Windows Vista, MS Windows XP, MS Windows Me, MS Windows 2000 |
| Other Redirects |
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Domain names and IP Numbers: |
Cheapstuff, Gamesweaseltv.mevio.com, Cheapstuff, Secure.paysecuresystem.com, groogle.tr35.com, epoclick.com, Gertosta.com |
Related Search Queries |
| google is taking me to Infospace.com whenever I click a search result ..., i'm getting re-directed whenever I go to google ..., search engines redirect me to Infospace.com or different websites that are mostly ads ..., a virus has hijacked search queries to unwanted ad pages ..., why does the link bring me to the Infospace when I do a search on google? ..., yahoo redirect me to some search engine site and bogus search sites ..., when i type something on yahoo and click the result it will redirect me to infospace ... |
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