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Old 04-19-2007, 10:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Default Address bar adds ".net" to web addresses

Hello all,

I am home for the weekend and I am using my mothers computer. I noticed that occasionally when I type in an address into the address bar, I often get redirected to a site with ".net" on the end. For example, I would type "www.google.com" and I would get redirected to "www.google.com.net" I would then type the address again and I would go to google.com like I should. I only know that this happens with Firefox 2, I don't use IE7 enough for me to know if it is exclusive to Firefox or not.

My mother has up to date Symantec antivirus as well as a routine Spybot cleanup that I installed to protect her, but they have not found anything. I was wondering what I should do to stop this.

Any and all help appreciated.

Thanks

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Old 04-19-2007, 11:27 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Post a Hijack log or go through Warez's guide.
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