I have some sort of redirect when using Firefox and google. I can't seem to find it so I have resorted to using Chrome

Question

It takes me to malicious sites when I click on the first choice on a google search no matter where it is in the ranking. It is really annoying. I have anti Malware and avast. Neither seems to find it. I am not computer saavy enough to get into the root logs etc. and I don't want to pay a bunch of money just to use my beloved Firefox. Can I delete firefox then re download it?

Answer 1

Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.<br />
You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.<br />
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.<br /><br />
*http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
*http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
*http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx - Microsoft Safety Scanner
*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
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
*http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208280684
See also:
*"Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked