Google redirect virus is a real pain. It changes google search results when doing a search and only shows affiliate and advertisement links instead of real search results. Your computer gets infected by visiting an infected site. A trojan downloads in the background secretly. It usually executes whenever you open your browser. One mutation of the Google redirect virus will not only change search results, you will also notice pop-ups showing up on your computer screen displaying ads. If your computer got infected with the Google redirect virus, do not panic. There are ways to fix Google redirect virus in some simple steps and also protect your PC from future attacks.

To fix Google redirect virus the first thing you should do is go to the System32 folder in the Windows folder. It can be found on drive C or your local drive In the folder, the users are required to find the "regedit.exe" file and right click on it. You should then rename it to a name you can easily remember. After that disable it. Why? Because this is the place where the Google redirect virus executes from.After that download anti-mailware. Install it and let it run. It is important that you install the best type of anti-malware software so that you can get rid of all types of infections that the system has. You should also make sure that the website you are downlaoding anti-malware from is reputable, secure, and does not infect your PC with even more viruses or trojans You might not believe it, but the number of so called anti malware software that is actually infecting your PC with even more adware, malware, and spyware is growing drastically. So be careful. Once you have donwloaded a reputable anti malware software make sure to scan ALL files and folders on your harddrive to make sure all viruses and othe rmalicious code gets found.

You should then head back to the "System32" folder and change the name of the folder back to the original (regedit). Ok, after you have completed the step above go to the start menu, click on run. Now you will have to type in "regedit". This will open the registry editor window. Look for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Once you found it, choose "software". Inside the "software" folder select "Microsoft". In the "Windows" tab select "Current Version" and "run" Look at the right window for an exe file called RegSVR32=%system%msmsgs.exe. Delete it.

Ensure that the executable file is stated as mentioned above and avoid as much as possible to delete any other file as they may end up getting rid of important registry files, forcing you to re-install the operating system. Now it is time to reboot your computer. In this way changes will take effect.

Well... that's it. Google redirect virus should be gone. I recommend going to Google and starting a search to make sure the virus is indeed gone. If the virus is indeed gone, you should now see real search results and not fake links. I highly recommend updating your anti-virus software to make sure you don't get re-infected.