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When I search in Google and click on one of the websites, it takes me to spam/ad websites and not the one I wanted.

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I think I have spam on my computer because when I go to Google and search for something, the websites come up and when I click on one, instead of going to the website it goes to an ad/spam site and when I hit back it goes to another ad/spam site and I have to keep clicking back to go back to Google. What can I do to fix this?

I think I have spam on my computer because when I go to Google and search for something, the websites come up and when I click on one, instead of going to the website it goes to an ad/spam site and when I hit back it goes to another ad/spam site and I have to keep clicking back to go back to Google. What can I do to fix this?

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Sounds like search redirect malware or a virus, hope it is the former.

Install, update, and run these programs in this order. They are listed in order of efficacy.
(Not all programs detect the same Malware, so you may need to run them all to solve your problem.)
These programs are all free for personal use, but some have limited functionality in the "free mode" - but those are features you really don't need to find and remove the problem that you have.
Note: If your Malware infection is bad enough and you are mis-directed to URL's other than what is posted, you may have to use a different PC to download these programs and use a USB stick to transfer them to the afflicted PC.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
SuperAntispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/
AdAware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Windows Defender: Home Page - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/prod.../default.mspx
Also, if you have a search engine re-direct problem, see this:
http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2010/02/remove-google-redirect-virus.html

If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://forum.aumha.org/
http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/
http://bleepingcomputer.com