Trouble with Search Engine (Not Pelican)
 

Recently, everytime I use Google or Yahoo search, no matter what I search for, it returns "Top Resources for...", i.e all the shopping links, like Shopzilla, BizRate, etc... I searched for Jimi Hendrix, and it gave me all the Shopping Links for "Jimi Hendrix".

Any idea what is causing this? I have Ad-aware, anti-virus and anti-spyware running, and I have tried deleting cookies and temporary internet files, etc...

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

JA

Google and Yahoo have sold their souls to advertisers.

I'm sure that's true, Legion, but this seems to be something that just started happening. Even the Wikipedia result for Jimi Hendrix, when I click on it, takes me to "Shopzilla". Something is wrong here...this is not just Google forcing ads down my throat.

Get yourself Ad-Aware from Lavasoft (it's free) and run a scan. It sounds like some kind of redirect trojan.

See my first post...I have Ad-aware and have already scanned.

I have used Ad-aware for a number of years and started noticing that the internet was getting slower. Someone suggested I also run Spybot. It is a free download just like AAW. Spybot found a few things AAW didn't I now run both on a regular basis.
Also, consider blocking cookies (or at least setting IE to reject Google cookies). 99% of the time, cookies are NOT needed. I have mine set on block and I change it just long enough to get a cookie that I want (like Pelican:) )