Help me find what is causing this

Zewp

Zewp

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Yesterday I ran an .exe that was cleared by my antivirus and immediately after the exe installed adware on my PC, hijacked my browser, added random bookmarks to it and changed the homepage to some ****ty search provider. I removed most of the adware successfully, but it seems something remained and I'm having trouble tracking it down to remove it.

What happens is sometimes when I'm busy browsing I'll get random timeouts saying "Oops! Google Chrome could not find mybroadband.co.za." In the address bar the following url pops up, https://static.dreamsadnetwork.com/error/404.html?url=http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/forum.php.

I've tried searching for what this static.dreamsadnetwork is, but I can't find anything. I don't know if whatever the hell it is is maybe blocking certain google search results from showing up, because google searches on the subject takes a lot longer than normal. I've got no idea what this is doing or why it's doing it. Anyone perhaps know where I would go to look for what this is or how to remove it?
 
Sounds like you are infected. Try get a better antivirus and hope that it can pick up the infection otherwise you may need to format.
 
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Get hold of Spybot S&D and see what it finds.
 
Reformat and reinstall, and dont run dodge exe's!
 
LOL, didn't your momma ever teach you not to run dodgy exes? :D What AV are you running?
 
If you're relatively experienced [Start]-> [Run] -> "MsConfig" -> [OK]

look for strange startups and services. disable them.

If you don't know what something is, google it. but diabling the wrong thing here might break things.
 
No need to reinstall. God this is not the 80's

First off, get ESET NOD trial. They are good. The AV is great and it uses the least resources that I have seen. Proceed to run a full system scan once installed and updated, link here http://www.eset.co.za/za/
Second. Krono9 +1 on check your extensions in chrome, also go through the list of search engines added to your browser. Delete the **** you dont want and keep google.
Third. Delete all files in your internet cache, use the windows cleaner to remove all temporary files.
Fourth , get an adblocker for your porn sites and popups and **** wont bother you. And you can FAP freely.
Lastly, read up on masterbation here: https://www.facebook.com/lonaldchilds?filter=2

Ignore the burn for now. Other than that you will be fine.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions. I ran Spyware Search and Destroy and it picked up 5 items. I've also downloaded Malwarebytes because it seems to come highly recommended. It's still scanning but it has so far picked up 5 items in the Windows folder alone.

Fudzy said:
LOL, didn't your momma ever teach you not to run dodgy exes? :D What AV are you running?
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I'm currently running Norton Antivirus which came on a 60 day subscription with my laptop. I formatted the laptop about a month ago and the subscription reset so I just stuck with it. I'm definitely going to look at ESET, which FFF4skin suggested. I'm not going to trust Norton again after this.

DJ... said:
Zewp, check out my thread here - http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/567565-RESOLVED-Soundfrost-virus-malware-infection

I eventually had to format and reinstall. There's just no way to know that all remnants of it are gone...
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Yeah, that's what worries me. I do my online banking and other financial transactions on this laptop, so I'm scared to risk something getting left behind. I can't format right now, though, because I've got a lot of data that I have nowhere to backup until I get my new external HDD.

Formatting is usually my go-to solution for viruses though. It's simply the easiest way to ensure you get rid of an infection.
 
If you do banking on that machine then it's not worth the risk...:(
 
I just removed all extensions from Google chrome browser and problem is solved
good luck :)
 
A windows 'System Restore' will probably fix it. That's to say if you have a suitable restore point.
 
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