Hey guys. I've been trying to figure this out for the past 24 hours but to no avail. Hopefully I can get a little help here.
I recently noticed that when I was running windows 7 ultimate on my machine (one side of the partition), I kept getting blue, underlined words in the middle of web pages, and if you hover over them, it says it's an ad by Browse to Save. I don't know how this program got installed on my computer. All I can think of is that it attached itself to a program I recently installed to read the video files from my new HD video camera.
The first thing I did was check my browser to see if it was a simple add-on that could be easily removed. No such luck. I checked both Chrome and IE, neither of which had it listed as a plugin or add-on, but they both showed the "hidden" links.
Next thing I did was run spybot to try to remove it, assuming it was adware/spyware/malware. Spybot found several problems, but did not fix the issue. I also ran Microsoft Security Essentials, which also found some problems, but did not fix the issue. I've since tried Malwarebytes and Superantispyware, but still no luck. I've manually looked through my list of programs, folders, program files, even down to my registry and system32 folder, found several items that could have been the problem, but removing them still didn't help. I tried a system restore as well, but again, to no avail.
Now for the scariest part. I just booted into Windows 7 in safe mode with networking, but the ads even showed up there. If adware can sneak its way into safe mode, then it must be buried deep in the system, am I correct?
Anyway guys, I'm becoming desperate. I must get rid of this thing, as I've read that Browse to Save can be very dangerous. It's no simple adware attached to the browser, it's a program installed deep in my computer and I can't figure out where it's hiding or how to get rid of it. I've tried just about every tutorial I found on Google to get rid of it, none of which worked. Has anyone else here had an issue with Browse to Save, and perhaps know how to remove it altogether? Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated!
Regards,
Matt
P.S. My Windows 8 side works fine, so I'll be using that for the time being. Unfortunately, I still have some important documents on 7, so I can't just not use it.
I recently noticed that when I was running windows 7 ultimate on my machine (one side of the partition), I kept getting blue, underlined words in the middle of web pages, and if you hover over them, it says it's an ad by Browse to Save. I don't know how this program got installed on my computer. All I can think of is that it attached itself to a program I recently installed to read the video files from my new HD video camera.
The first thing I did was check my browser to see if it was a simple add-on that could be easily removed. No such luck. I checked both Chrome and IE, neither of which had it listed as a plugin or add-on, but they both showed the "hidden" links.
Next thing I did was run spybot to try to remove it, assuming it was adware/spyware/malware. Spybot found several problems, but did not fix the issue. I also ran Microsoft Security Essentials, which also found some problems, but did not fix the issue. I've since tried Malwarebytes and Superantispyware, but still no luck. I've manually looked through my list of programs, folders, program files, even down to my registry and system32 folder, found several items that could have been the problem, but removing them still didn't help. I tried a system restore as well, but again, to no avail.
Now for the scariest part. I just booted into Windows 7 in safe mode with networking, but the ads even showed up there. If adware can sneak its way into safe mode, then it must be buried deep in the system, am I correct?
Anyway guys, I'm becoming desperate. I must get rid of this thing, as I've read that Browse to Save can be very dangerous. It's no simple adware attached to the browser, it's a program installed deep in my computer and I can't figure out where it's hiding or how to get rid of it. I've tried just about every tutorial I found on Google to get rid of it, none of which worked. Has anyone else here had an issue with Browse to Save, and perhaps know how to remove it altogether? Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated!
Regards,
Matt
P.S. My Windows 8 side works fine, so I'll be using that for the time being. Unfortunately, I still have some important documents on 7, so I can't just not use it.