Any time i open a hotlink i get redirected to one of five websites but nothing shows up with virus/spyware scanning.

the question pretty much describes it. the main problem comes from search engines. pretty much any time i click on a link that opens a new tab or window i get redirected to various sites. the most common sites being aol jobs and yellow pages. i have checked to make sure there are no add-ons causing this and have checked for hidden processes but have found none. any ideas?

Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs. 
You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. 
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan. 
* http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
* http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
* http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
* http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
* http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free
See also:
* "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Searches+are+redirected+to+another+site
If using the above listed scanners does not fix it or if you are blocked from installing those scanners then ask advice on one of the forums that specialize in malware removal mentioned in the Popups_not_blocked article.

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