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How to remove annoying browser redirect malware?

Hi there, so I use Chrome as my main browser to handle my main email and other things. I use edge to control my old email account. One day while I had two of my browsers open, the tab where I had my email open on Microsoft Edge randomly got redirected to some "you just won this!" type of pages. This happened 4 times in 1 week. Here's what I've done so far to try and fix the problem:

I done full scan with Windows Defender and Malwarebytes and nothing is showing up.

I went into control panel to see if there were any "random" apps installed but nothing.

I also checked the Apps and features and nothing out of the ordinary was there. 

I reset Edge and removed all cookies and browsing data. 

 

I don't know how to fix this. The ONLY website I went on my Edge browser is Hotmail.com. If anyone knows something else I can try, let me know.

 

Thanks

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22 minutes ago, TrinityHigh said:

Hi there, so I use Chrome as my main browser to handle my main email and other things. I use edge to control my old email account. One day while I had two of my browsers open, the tab where I had my email open on Microsoft Edge randomly got redirected to some "you just won this!" type of pages. This happened 4 times in 1 week. Here's what I've done so far to try and fix the problem:

I done full scan with Windows Defender and Malwarebytes and nothing is showing up.

I went into control panel to see if there were any "random" apps installed but nothing.

I also checked the Apps and features and nothing out of the ordinary was there. 

I reset Edge and removed all cookies and browsing data. 

 

I don't know how to fix this. The ONLY website I went on my Edge browser is Hotmail.com. If anyone knows something else I can try, let me know.

 

Thanks

You should use superantispyware free and run a scan and it should find the malware and you can remove it.  Also check your startup items and make sure some weird thing isn't loading up.  Try this and let me know.

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If this occur only while using edge try with AdAware o similar software, if the problem shows up with other browser check your Host file in %WinDir%\System32\Drivers\Etc

Check for any rubbish written in it or just reset it (How-To on Microsoft's Support Website).

 

This should do it

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