Holy Crap. Browser Redirects Viruses

[NFUN]

It is official. My brother is no longer allowed to use this computer. I don't care if it is 'his', I have spent too many hours trying to fix it. So many viruses removed.

Here is a list of browser redirects I can't remove on Chrome, even with the help of Google. Just now I used Adwcleaner, Malwarebytes, JRT, HitmanPro and my actual anti-virus Sophos to no avail.

-snip-

I also get redirected to yhs4.us, a fake yahoo search, half the time I use the chrome omnibar, and samsbox.com is a pop-up thing that appears in the corner of my Chrome advertising crap.

The worst part is, I have adblock.

Pls help. This is too much.

Edited October 29, 2014 by KasperVld
Please don't spread malware links.

[ZedNova]

Look in your installed programs list for recently installed software. Uninstall everything that you don't recognize or that looks fishy.

After that, go into you internet options and Google chrome settings, and remove any fishy extensions you see and reset the home page back to what you had it set before. Also check the omnibar and make sure it's using google as the search engine.

[NFUN]

Already did bb, several times.

[cantab]

From a known safe computer (ie *not* the infected one) download Kaspersky Rescue CD. Burn it to a CD and boot the infected computer from it. Update the virus definitions (*essential*) and run a scan.

For future security, give your brother an account that's a standard user and don't tell him the administrator password.

[NFUN]

I'll try Kapersky, but the last time I used it it BSOD'd my laptop.

[cantab]

http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/rescuedisk

This is the one I'm referring to by the way.

Also, I recommend removing the links from your OP, since they're almost certainly links to malware.

[Brethern]

Why on earth would you post the links to them here?

My advice is to reinstall the OS and move on.

[ZedNova]

Have you tried completely deleting chrome and reinstalling it?

[NFUN]

Why on earth would you post the links to them here?

My advice is to reinstall the OS and move on.

I'm sorry, the forums autoformatted the URLs (I put them there in case anybody recognized one).

Have you tried completely deleting chrome and reinstalling it?

I did, and signed off of Chrome and reset the settings.

[sedativechunk]

I hate to say it but if it's messed up that bad, you may have to wipe the system and re-install everything. That always fixes the problem. Quit letting your brother use your computer to watch you know what.

[cantab]

I hate to say it but if it's messed up that bad, you may have to wipe the system and re-install everything. That always fixes the problem.

Agreed. Well, almost always. A full wipe and reinstall is the surest way to get rid of a virus, though depending on how much software one uses it can be a hassle.

Remember to copy important data to another medium beforehand, and exercise extreme caution when restoring it. I'd advise not even touching it for a couple of weeks just in case there were new viruses that the scanners need to catch up with, then thoroughly scan any files you want to restore.

[EuSouONumero345]

Something quite similar happened to me once. Fixing it was a nightmare, and in the end I just re-installed the OS.

...At least I have backups of all my stuff everywhere.

[NFUN]

Thanks for the help people. I will try a few last ditch efforts like Kapersky before uploading everything important to several random Google drives or dropboxes And reinstalling the OS. Maybe I'll finally get to installing Linux as well.

[Rjhere]

If such things had happened to my computer, I'd format and reinstall the OS. Just a tip.

Also your avatar NFUN, do you listen to System of a Down? Your avatar is the hand from their first album!

[NFUN]

You know what I need?

And yeah, SOAD is great.

[Urain]

I have tried to use Kapersky to fix the Chrome problem with esrufbiz redirect but I failed.

I want to know what is going on. Word has come that browser redirect like esurfbiz is not virus so as to can avoid the removal of antivirus programs (see the info).

And resetting hosts file, DNS and registry values may fix the problem. Is it serious?

[sal_vager]

This is a very old thread Urain, it's likely that the issue is resolved by now.