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VGCollect Site Stuff => Site Feedback => Topic started by: burningdoom on June 24, 2013, 01:12:46 pm

Title: Google Search Redirects to Ads, Rather Than To This Site
Post by: burningdoom on June 24, 2013, 01:12:46 pm
I wanted to report this one to you.

I use Google search to access the boards here while I'm at work (can't have frivolous sites on my favorites at work). When you click the VGCollect Forum link, after searching for "VGCollect" in a Google search today it redirects you to various ad sites like Yellow Pages Search and such. However the link to main VGCollect site seems to work fine.

Thought you guys would like to know this.
Title: Re: Google Search Redirects to Ads, Rather Than To This Site
Post by: oshaboy on June 24, 2013, 02:01:30 pm
for me it does it fine
first link is VGcollect.com
Title: Re: Google Search Redirects to Ads, Rather Than To This Site
Post by: burningdoom on June 24, 2013, 02:14:14 pm
Nevermind. Pretty sure my work computer has a virus, at this point. Doesn't matter what I click in a search, now, and I get redirected. My work won't give us virus protection, and I'm sure as hell not gonna pay for it.
Title: Re: Google Search Redirects to Ads, Rather Than To This Site
Post by: htimreimer on June 24, 2013, 02:17:17 pm

Nevermind. Pretty sure my work computer has a virus, at this point. Doesn't matter what I click in a search, now, and I get redirected. My work won't give us virus protection, and I'm sure as hell not gonna pay for it.

download and run malwarebytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org/) and spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/)
Title: Re: Google Search Redirects to Ads, Rather Than To This Site
Post by: burningdoom on June 24, 2013, 02:37:32 pm

Nevermind. Pretty sure my work computer has a virus, at this point. Doesn't matter what I click in a search, now, and I get redirected. My work won't give us virus protection, and I'm sure as hell not gonna pay for it.

download and run malwarebytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org/) and spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/)

I just did a system restore, we're back in business.
Title: Re: Google Search Redirects to Ads, Rather Than To This Site
Post by: soera on June 24, 2013, 02:54:00 pm
Here is my virus protection (more of a cure) :
Title: Re: Google Search Redirects to Ads, Rather Than To This Site
Post by: soera on June 24, 2013, 02:55:20 pm
And here is two of my computers being "cured" : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2263942764158.2133768.1416175803&type=3
Title: Re: Google Search Redirects to Ads, Rather Than To This Site
Post by: doctorlaudanum on June 24, 2013, 07:21:22 pm
And here is two of my computers being "cured" : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2263942764158.2133768.1416175803&type=3

Why, soera, I didn't know your name was "Tabitha." :P
Title: Re: Google Search Redirects to Ads, Rather Than To This Site
Post by: teck on July 07, 2013, 02:56:19 am
I like soera's PC health maintenance policies....