What's the deal with Google? I was looking for information on a range of subjects and kept getting

[CTyankee]

"redirected" to some unrelated advertising site. I am not pleased. I'm not doing anything different from my usual searches...it's infuriating. This just started happening regularly yesterday.

Anybody have any clues? Maybe I AM doing something wrong? :hi:

[Bossy Monkey]

1. Unless this is the subtlest April Fools' gag ever, I think you need HijackThis

http://download.cnet.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html
You run it, then post your log to a help desk (list supplied within the program at the AnalyzeThis button). These guys helped me (eventually): http://malwareremoval.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=11

[Canuckistanian]

2. You've got a worm

If you have a backup, install it NOW.

I just went through this last month. Battled it for over two weeks. MULTIPLE antivirus programs.

An old system backup saved me.

[old mark]

3. You have a hijacker - I had real problems with this one several

weeks ago, had to get very drastic to get rid of it.
Several virus scans with COMODO found the bug and then I deleted it.

Good luck.

mark