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Unknown sites when I perform search

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Everytime I do a search on either Yahoo or Google, It never goes to the page I click on. Instead it goes to some sort of apartment finder or some such thing. A number 2 shows up next to the  the link window and one of these sites appears. This started today. This is a fresh install of Windows XP.

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XP media edition

Everytime I do a search on either Yahoo or Google, It never goes to the page I click on. Instead it goes to some sort of apartment finder or some such thing. A number 2 shows up next to the the link window and one of these sites appears. This started today. This is a fresh install of Windows XP. == Operating system == XP media edition

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cor-el
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Do a malware check with a few malware scan programs. You need to use all programs because each detects different malware. Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page .......... See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and What to do when searches take you to the wrong search website