Hi,
Don't know if any of you have heard of this or experienced it but I have a browser hijacker that I do not know how to get rid of, apparently I keep getting rid of it and it comes back in a different form.
It resets my search and homepage to whatever url it wants. It started as wisersearch.com, then it became something else, now it is something else. I have tried to read everything everywhere on it but cannot get rid of it. Things I have done:
Deactivated and removed all browser extensions from all browsers (chrome, firefox, ie, & safari). If you do that it generally works for the rest of the session but then comes back. I suspect the culprit is one called "Offer Mosquito", which I have removed multiple times from all browsers but then reappears.
I have run Malware bytes (full scan), Adaware, CCleaner and removed any threats, including suspicious registry keys.
I have checked my startup folder.
It keeps coming back. Based on some results given to me by Malware Bytes and some reading on Google I believe the virus was installed by a program called FoxTab FLV Player (but am not sure). Yesterday I was trying to remove FoxTab FLV Player (it was still showing in my programs list under start however missing from the programs list under add/remove programs). I tried clicking the uninstall button but it said the file the shortcut referenced had been removed.
Don't know if any of you have heard of this or experienced it but I have a browser hijacker that I do not know how to get rid of, apparently I keep getting rid of it and it comes back in a different form.
It resets my search and homepage to whatever url it wants. It started as wisersearch.com, then it became something else, now it is something else. I have tried to read everything everywhere on it but cannot get rid of it. Things I have done:
Deactivated and removed all browser extensions from all browsers (chrome, firefox, ie, & safari). If you do that it generally works for the rest of the session but then comes back. I suspect the culprit is one called "Offer Mosquito", which I have removed multiple times from all browsers but then reappears.
I have run Malware bytes (full scan), Adaware, CCleaner and removed any threats, including suspicious registry keys.
I have checked my startup folder.
It keeps coming back. Based on some results given to me by Malware Bytes and some reading on Google I believe the virus was installed by a program called FoxTab FLV Player (but am not sure). Yesterday I was trying to remove FoxTab FLV Player (it was still showing in my programs list under start however missing from the programs list under add/remove programs). I tried clicking the uninstall button but it said the file the shortcut referenced had been removed.
