New version of Avast gave me www1.search-results.com virus

Hi you will need to manually change the chrome homepage as my tool cannot do that https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95314?hl=en

Warning This fix is only relevant for this system and no other, using on another computer may cause problems

Be advised that when the fix commences it will shut down all running processes and you may lose the desktop and icons, they will return on reboot

Run OTL

[*]Under the Custom Scans/Fixes box at the bottom, paste in the following

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/73555776/OTL_Fix.GIF


:OTL
IE - HKU\S-1-5-21-1452910334-3858508567-3148079245-1000\..\URLSearchHook: {A3BC75A2-1F87-4686-AA43-5347D756017C} - No CLSID value found
[2011/04/30 23:37:00 | 000,000,000 | ---D | M] (Java Console) -- C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{CAFEEFAC-0016-0000-0025-ABCDEFFEDCBA}
[2011/06/17 18:52:35 | 000,000,000 | ---D | M] (Java Console) -- C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\{CAFEEFAC-0016-0000-0026-ABCDEFFEDCBA}
O3 - HKLM\..\Toolbar: (no name) - {CCC7A320-B3CA-4199-B1A6-9F516DD69829} - No CLSID value found.
O3 - HKLM\..\Toolbar: (no name) - Locked - No CLSID value found.
[2013/06/01 16:32:34 | 000,000,378 | ---- | M] () -- C:\Program Files (x86)\temp995.bat

:Commands
[resethosts]
[emptytemp]
[CREATERESTOREPOINT]
[Reboot]

[*]Then click the Run Fix button at the top
[*]Let the program run unhindered, reboot the PC when it is done
[*]Open OTL again and click the Quick Scan button. Post the log it produces in your next reply.

Thanks Essex. I had previously tried to change my homepage back to Google but it didn’t work but I tried it again in the Google Chrome settings and clicked the Google in the left box and Google in the right box and it seems to be working now. Seems to be allowing me to use Google in my searches and not the www1.search.com. It is still on my computer though and not sure how to delete it but for now seems to be working as I like it. Thanks greatly for your help!

Where abouts is it showing ? Is it just Chrome

I update Avast the same way you do but I did not get the hijacker. you must have picked it up in some other way. It just didn’t show up until you restarted after installing the Avast update.

Just an Avast user.

@Briansdad, I originally thought the update to the newer version had given it to me but I must have picked it up somewhere else. Maybe my Avast didn’t detect it originally and maybe it didn’t actually start working until I restarted my computer. I know I have been using Avast for 2 or 3 years when i switched from AVG and I’ve always been happy with Avast. The only thing I’m not happy with is when I forget my sound is up and open my computer and Avast updates and that woman’s voice tells me “Avast has been updated.” Jumpin Jehoshaphat!! I nearly jump out of my seat when that surprises me. ;D

@essexboy, I only have Chrome and IE. I must have deleted Firefox in the past. It only shows in the Chrome settings “manage search engines” box. And in the left box beside that box, it just says “search results.” That left box is what I changed to “Google” and then changing it to Google in the right box (manage search engines box). After changing both of those, it stops redirecting my searches through www1.search-results and allows me to use Google.

That’s good, as OTL cannot work properly with Chrome due to its structure, any further problems ?