Joel_Zimmerman
New Member
Hi there,
While diagnosing my computer's weird behaviour of redirecting me to ominous websites whenever I click on a link from Google's search results, I realised I had malware/spyware or a possible virus. It only seems to redirect me to websites from my search query when I click on them, but when I type in the full website on the address bar, it seems okay. However, when browsing the internet about similar problems people have had, I have taken almost all of the directions given to try and find and delete this malware.
I'm pretty sure it all has something to do with my McAfee firewall. I am still subscribed with them, though when I try to turn on my firewall, it simply turns off again within a split second of turning it on. I ran a full scan with McAfee and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and nothing was found. I took precautions not to head over to dodgy websites, but it seems my ignorance has caught up with me.
I have tried uninstalling McAfee and reinstalling it, but the same thing keep happening. the firewall is being forced off by something and no answers on the internet seemed to help. I have left Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware running though, and it seems to be blocking some outgoing signals as quoted:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Successfully blocked access to a potentially malicious website: 193.105.135.219
Type: outgoing
Port:52016
Process: csrss.exe
I have heard that csrss.exe could be compromised, but people have said not to delete it as it's needed for Windows to function properly.
I'm out of ideas and I'm not ready to fork out £100+ for a repair shop to do it; no monies.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
While diagnosing my computer's weird behaviour of redirecting me to ominous websites whenever I click on a link from Google's search results, I realised I had malware/spyware or a possible virus. It only seems to redirect me to websites from my search query when I click on them, but when I type in the full website on the address bar, it seems okay. However, when browsing the internet about similar problems people have had, I have taken almost all of the directions given to try and find and delete this malware.
I'm pretty sure it all has something to do with my McAfee firewall. I am still subscribed with them, though when I try to turn on my firewall, it simply turns off again within a split second of turning it on. I ran a full scan with McAfee and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and nothing was found. I took precautions not to head over to dodgy websites, but it seems my ignorance has caught up with me.
I have tried uninstalling McAfee and reinstalling it, but the same thing keep happening. the firewall is being forced off by something and no answers on the internet seemed to help. I have left Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware running though, and it seems to be blocking some outgoing signals as quoted:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Successfully blocked access to a potentially malicious website: 193.105.135.219
Type: outgoing
Port:52016
Process: csrss.exe
I have heard that csrss.exe could be compromised, but people have said not to delete it as it's needed for Windows to function properly.
I'm out of ideas and I'm not ready to fork out £100+ for a repair shop to do it; no monies.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!