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      20th March 2010
I'M sure I have a virus in my macbook pro.
It behaves like a PC virus with redirections and the like.
Where does it hide and how do I get rid of it?
 
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      11th May 2010
Hears a free checker, use it to see if you have one first.

ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X. It uses the tried, tested and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end.
http://www.clamxav.com/
 
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      11th May 2010
I had a few phishing emails only.
My problem stems from the browser being redirected by surveys.cnet.com
It stops the browser loading the page I want.
Not all pages are affected.
 
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      11th May 2010
There all kinds of hijackers that can function on a Mac, try disabling JavaScript, if that doesn't work try http://applejack.sourceforge.net/, it's a pretty neat little program. Aside from that, knowing what the website is that you are trying to visit is would help.
 
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      11th May 2010
Download Onyx and try running some of the maintenance scripts, you'll find it hear
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11582/onyx

You can look at these to.
NoScript, NoScript should blocks the re-direct.
http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-30339.html

AdBlock is another that you could try.
http://adblockplus.org/en/installation

Sorry if there don't fix your box mate.
 
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