bobshaw

I found a fix for this, at least it works on my system which is Windows 7 x64 SP1 running on an i& Toshiba laptop. I had the same thing (forex-prices.com) and then it switched to some other url (cheap-car-rentals) or something like that. I found this web page and follwed all the instructions...

http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-browser-redirect-virus/

During the running of RogueKill I found several DNS reg key problems and this looks like where the source is (maybe not). When I tried to delete the DNS registry key entries with RogueKill I got access denied errors so I went into my registry (regedit.exe) and removed the reg keys manually. I rebooted and now it all seems to be gone after opening 50 tabs and several browser sessions with no issues.

In my case I deleted only the keys RogueKill highlighted which were in

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{reg key number here}
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{reg key number here}
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{reg key number here}

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{reg key number here}
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{reg key number here}
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{reg key number here}

So far it seems to have worked. No more redirects whereas before it was almost all pages I tried to access which would load partially and then redirect. Maybe this will work for others here.

IMHO....the smog situation we are experiencing in the north is barely less than 1% of local origin as evidenced by the fire map and my personal observations in traveling the north during 'the season'. A while ago I read...

Anyone who agrees to this statement has not flown in a plane over Thailnd recently and is speaking from an uninformed position. Go at night, you will see that the problem is 100% caused locally when you see the hundreds and hudreds ande hundreds and hundreds of fires buring from the time you get in the air, unitl you get almost to Bangkok. There will not be one minute of the flight where you look down and do not see a huge fire burning. Educate yourselves before you speak. The problem can be clearly seen on the ground from an airplane.

This problem could be solved by a CONSCIOUS country wide television ad campaign informing Thais they are killing themselves, their children, grandparents, and driving tourists like me out of the country. Use graphic images to drive the message through by making a CONSCIOUS public service campaign to EDUCATE Thai people on how they are killing themselves, and then create a program in which the old rice plants and leaves are crushed and used to make fertilizer and compost which will create a second income from the rice plants for farmers making it possible for them to have more money from their harvest and be able to improve their lives, and also create another product that can be exported and profited from. Hear that?.... MONEY! The farmers could sell the old dead rice plants for ???.00 baht per ton and make a secondary income from their harvest. It could then be crushed and ground into fertilizer, compost, etc. No Thai would take a match to money which is exactly what this throw away waste could be converted into. And you save lives, create a healthier environment and won't be killing your kids.

Anyway, after two days here it is so bad today I am out of here first flight I can get. When I flew in a couple of days ago this is what it looks like from the plane... see pics.

The smoke was so thick that I am sure the pilot landed on instruments. Starting just north of Bangkok and as far as you could see there was fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire... you get it. This continued until it got to the point where you could not see the ground. The photos were taken in the middle of the country and the other one upon approach to Chiang Mai at the southern mountain range. The fires are from rice farmers, that is where the majority of the smoke comes from and the forest fires are caused by Thais setting fire to the forest to chase out animals so they can shoot them, I know this because I observed it myself and heard the gunshots.

The government needs to take a good hard look at who they are and what they are doing and what level their CONSCIOUSNESS is. People are killing themselves and nobody is doing anything to stop it. Nobody CARES and nobody is operating at a high enough level of CONSCIOUSNESS to look at what is happening, the damage being done, the lives being destroyed. Where is their human CONSCIOUSNESS and COMPASSION as they stand by and do nothing while their people suffer and die and their country is marked as an unhealthy place for a tourist to visit. Right now my eyes are burning, I am having trouble breathing to the point I had to go to a hardware store to buy a respirator with a high quality filter so I can breathe. The smoke is coming into my hotel room choking me as I type. Hopefully I can get a flight out of Thailand tomorrow.

Are any government officials listening?

Legal action has been taken against 60,497 people for violating traffic rules -- 19,260 for riding motorcycle without helmets and 18,916 for driving without licences, stated Mr Sorayut...

Yea, they all paid the cop 200 baht and drove off.