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    Google Hijack?

    Is it just me or everyone??

    It has happened on several different computers.

    Do a search in Google and click a link and it takes you to something related but not the site in the link. Close the tab/page and click again on the same link and then end up at the required site. I am not clicking on the advertising links.

    Are Google playing funny buggers again and hijacking searches to advertising sites?


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    Yes, this has happened to me loads of times in the last month or so!

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    Yeah, it's happened to me too.

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    Weird, never seen it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    Weird, never seen it
    Do you Google much.....

    as I said...several machines both work and home...

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    Happens to me too, I thought I had a virus of some sort. I think it stops for a while if I clear out history and temp files?
    I wanted to be a Monk, but I never got the chants.

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    It's never happened to me.

    Clear out your cache, temp folder, and cookies and do a thorough virus and adware scan.

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    Did that the first time it happened, but I can't have the same on machines at work, at home and at camp......

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    You'd be surprised. Some things are really common... kinda like catching a cold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    Weird, never seen it
    Same here, and I use Google all the time

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    I'm still getting this and I've scanned with everything I can think of, including an online scan from Trend......

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    This happened to me yesterday with one site, but it has not happened before or after it. I think it might have something to do with Google's effort to weed out warez stuff..since this site I was on, when it happened, could've been a site where movies and tv-shows are posted...

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