The symptoms are pretty straight forward with this redirect browser virus. You type in something that you are excited about searching for, and then bam! a bunch of unrelated requests pop up in your search listings. When you click on one of them you are led to a website that is far off the mark, and usually with the aim of making a buck.
First of all, if you start noticing urls with long strange characters of lots of random numbers and letters - don't click on that web address, because it will only redirect your search results.
If you want to remove the Google redirect virus, you will most likely need to do so at a deeper level. Only using your anti virus software at this point will not be a strong enough solution. Once the redirect virus is on your computer, it is there to create malicious side effects.
You may notice that your desktop image will change in the background, find that certain programs will not respond, and even worse - discover that the software key to possibly helping you remove the Google redirect virus will not come awake either.
You may be able to remove this nuisance on your own. Try going to your control panel, then look for your device manager, and once there click on the view tab. Now choose show hidden devices.
Now, look through all of the devices until you find TDSSserv.sys. If you locate it, simply right click over it and choose to disable this.
Reboot your computer and scan your hard drive normally with your anti virus software.
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