Searchnu......browser hijack

MoonRocker | 16:59 Fri 20th Jul 2012 | Technology

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OK I stupidly installed livid, didn't realise the pile of cack I was getting into anyway it seems to have left behind a hijacker called searchnu. Now I've done a lot of googling and there are several places offereing advice etc but I can't seem to get anything working. has anyone had any experience with this and got shot of it? I have tried restoring back to prior the install but that wouldn't work. I have uninstalled livid but the searchnu hijacker remains. Even norton doesn't work with this. Any help and advice appreciated, thanks.

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MarkRae

A system restore will not help here, neither will Norton.

Your best bet would be to download, install and run the free version of malwarebytes. It may not help, but it's pretty much your only hope.

If that doesn't get rid of it, back up your documents, trash and rebuild...

balliali

Seems to be a lot of solutions available by googling Searchnu. One I used successfully previously was a program called "Hijack this" which I downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt/
However, I do forget the details of what checkbox I ticked when I ran that scan, so my advice is follow online instructions. That's the way I sorted my computer out. Sorry I can't be more specific.

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