Hello, thank you for reading my problem. Here it is:
Running XP home, SP3. Intel core 2 duo 3GHz, 2gig ram. Using chrome and IE8. AVG free for antivirus, Windows firewall active. Computer experience: Novice.
The symptoms are: homepages are hijacked by "searchnu.com/414" in IE8, can't open a second tab and in Chrome (my main browser) the homepage works (google), but in any new tab, the web address bar is blank and when I type in a search, it goes through "search-results.com". Also random sound clips appear without any place to stop them other than closing the browser. Haven't noticed any else yet but I want to fix this before it gets worse.
What I have done so far in order: ran malwarebytes, spybot SD, full virus scan with AVG free (all fully updated and run several times)
Result:
malwarebytes found this:
Files Detected: 2
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Downloads\mplayer_Setup (1).exe (PUP.Bundle.Installer.OI) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Downloads\mplayer_Setup.exe (PUP.Bundle.Installer.OI) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
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spybot nothing (other than cookies)
AVG nothing
Thank You in advance for your help.
Running XP home, SP3. Intel core 2 duo 3GHz, 2gig ram. Using chrome and IE8. AVG free for antivirus, Windows firewall active. Computer experience: Novice.
The symptoms are: homepages are hijacked by "searchnu.com/414" in IE8, can't open a second tab and in Chrome (my main browser) the homepage works (google), but in any new tab, the web address bar is blank and when I type in a search, it goes through "search-results.com". Also random sound clips appear without any place to stop them other than closing the browser. Haven't noticed any else yet but I want to fix this before it gets worse.
What I have done so far in order: ran malwarebytes, spybot SD, full virus scan with AVG free (all fully updated and run several times)
Result:
malwarebytes found this:
Files Detected: 2
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Downloads\mplayer_Setup (1).exe (PUP.Bundle.Installer.OI) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Downloads\mplayer_Setup.exe (PUP.Bundle.Installer.OI) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
(end)
spybot nothing (other than cookies)
AVG nothing
Thank You in advance for your help.