Google is redirecting to google.nl for me.
I checked the IE Options and it all points to google.com
Even when i type in google.com in the address bar it goes to google.nl
What is going on here?
Maybe Malware? Did you run some scans?
It could be the result of you having downloaded the Dutch version of the Google toolbar.
International (English) version is downloadable here: toolbar.google.com
Nederlands (Dutch) version is downloadable here: toolbar.google.com/intl/nl/
What Google recommends, and what should work (provided you're allowing cookies for Google! ) is clicking on the "Google in English" link from any foreign language homepage.
Your preferences ought to be retained.
Its really wierd. I ran several malware/spyware/torjan scans.
I dont have anything Netherlands. I have no connection to it at all.
The toolbar is still in regular english. its like google redirected itself to the netherlands page or something
Post a hijackthis log in this topic.(I want to see your R1, R0 entries.)
Heres the Log file
I cant read "Nederland" language so I have to go to google.co.uk to read anything now
thank you for this help, its the strangest thing ever, i've never had anything like this happen before
This might be something too
Its like its on my whole IP or network thing. Not only does it do it on my account on this computer but on the other account too.
And even on my wireless laptop which has nothing to do with the computer I found this google.nl on and the laptop beend recently reformated and I only use my laptop for the internet and browsing.
If I type google.com in my browser everytime it redirects to google.nl
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 1:07:34 PM, on 2/25/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WgaTray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\~\Local Settings\Application Data\Trend Micro\HCMS\tsafe\en-US\tgui.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\~\Local Settings\Application Data\Trend Micro\HCMS\tsafe\en-US\tgsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\1.2.1128.5462\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\usnsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\~\Desktop\HijackThis.exe
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://google.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = localhost
R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn5\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4EFB-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn5\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Yahoo! IE Services Button - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_10\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar3.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn5\yt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar3.dll
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe" -quiet
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [swg] C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\1.2.1128.5462\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Yahoo! Search - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycsrch.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Save to &Xdrive - res://C:\Program Files\Xdrive\Xdrive Desktop\xdrive.exe/std.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &Dictionary - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycdict.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &Maps - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycmap.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &SMS - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycsms.htm
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {85d1f590-48f4-11d9-9669-0800200c9a66} - %windir%\bdoscandel.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Uninstall BitDefender Online Scanner v8 - {85d1f590-48f4-11d9-9669-0800200c9a66} - %windir%\bdoscandel.exe (file missing)
O18 - Protocol: livecall - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WgaLogon - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WgaLogon.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WRNotifier - WRLogonNTF.dll (file missing)
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google - C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: LiveUpdate - Symantec Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUCOMS~1.EXE
O23 - Service: Panda Process Protection Service (PavPrSrv) - Panda Software - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Panda Software\PavShld\pavprsrv.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: SystemSuite Task Manager - V Communications, Inc. - C:\PROGRA~1\VCOM\SYSTEM~1\MXTask.exe
This might be too obvious but did you set the country you wanted in the Google Tool Bar Options? In the options click on the search box settings. There is a drop down box with many different countries for Google.
Google "knows" or "assumes" certain things that you can correct or override manually. I don't know how Google "knows" that I live in Japan, but it does redirect me to google.co.jp on all my computers, until I click on Google.com in English. Once I've done this, it will keep.
I had to set my homepage to google.com/web.php? UTF=8 or something like that.
But the oddest thing happened. I didnt touch anything at all. I typed in google.com and it went their on both of my computers.
On my laptop it is the barest of bare with programs. It doesnt have google toolbar on it so I dont know what could make it change to google.nl. I use Opera on it and not IE, it that makes a difference with google redirecting.
So its now back to normal. It just did it automatically like google was spying on me and then they changed it back.
Dont know what did it, I just woke up and turned the PC on and typed in google.com and it goes to the US page.
I had to set my homepage to google.com/web.php? UTF=8 or something like that.But the oddest thing happened. I didnt touch anything at all. I typed in google.com and it went their on both of my computers.
On my laptop it is the barest of bare with programs. It doesnt have google toolbar on it so I dont know what could make it change to google.nl. I use Opera on it and not IE, it that makes a difference with google redirecting.
So its now back to normal. It just did it automatically like google was spying on me and then they changed it back.
Dont know what did it, I just woke up and turned the PC on and typed in google.com and it goes to the US page.
If it makes you feel any better, I had the same thing happen to me. I have 2 internet connections one is a buisiness class the other is just Road Runner. If i Switch to RR it works fine when i type in www.google.com but switch back to buisiness class and it goes to google.nl at this point my hunch is DNS issue but I have not had a chance to try a diffent DNS server, Business and regular Road Runner use diffent DNS servers...
I also found this on another board.
Re: IE 7 Google address - Vanguard
25-Feb-07 11:01:39
It's called load-balancing of their worldwide network. You get their
regional boundary server based on from where you connect. Obviously one
host, regardless of which OS you use, could not handle the millions of
concurrent connect requests that would hit it from all over the planet.
If you desparately need their US boundary server, find a public proxy in
the US and connect to Google from there (but realize that public, or
private, proxies can sniff all your traffic just as can your ISP).
However, right on their google.nl page is a "Google.com in English" link
if you don't speak the native language, so use that URL instead.
It could also be related to which country setting you have:
Open:
Control Panel/Regional and Language Options
or Run:
Start / Run intl.cpl
Double check the settings.
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