I've gotten rid of a majority of the ill effects of a virus I recently made the mistake of getting (a few years of being clean doesn't mean you should start foregoing scanning things before installing them). Programs menu disappearing from my start menu as well as all of the other things on it, Task Manager Disabled, registry editing disabled, etc. Most of it was really no problem. But I'm STUCK on this one group of effects left.

The most immediately noticable problem I'm having is that google links are instead LINKING me to other search sites like "monstermarketplace".

Aside from that, a majority of the helpful-against-viruses sites, especially ones from that terribly helpful sticky in this forum, end up handing me this:

Failed to Connect
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.besttechie.net.
Though the SITE seems valid, the browser was unable to establish a connection.

Finally, though Internet Explorer and FireFox work (mostly, see above) fine, my precious Google Chrome browser won't load *any* site.

Because my computer's pretty old and kept freezing in the middle of scans, I have two logs for MBAM and SAS (both of them have the logs copied together), because they didn't once finish a whole scan until I stopped them mid-scan at least once. That may be coincidence, though.

If you guys can help me resolve this I'll sing your names at the top of my lungs until I get bored of doing so. =p

Oh and if it's numbingly easy like proxy settings (the mechanics of which evade me on this confoundingly dumbed down system) let me know, so I can have a good laugh over not being able to fix it.

~Boa

[Saving space - attachment deleted by admin]Altough you need a firewall (we can help you with this in a bit) and some better protection (I suggest AVG), I don't actually see anything wrong. SAS and MBAM certain picked up a lot of junk, but HijackThis isn't showing anything aside from WildTangent. You don't have to remove it, but I would if I were you...
http://www.pchell.com/support/wildtangent.shtml

Just to be on the safe side, download ComboFix and save it to your desktop. Run the program and read its disclaimer (it's fairly short) and make sure you really pay attention to what it says. Follow the prompts and when finished, it will produce a log at C:\ComboFix.txt. Go ahead and post that here. Note: Don't click on the window while it's running; this may cause stalls.Well would ya look at that... That resolved my issue! I think I'm in love.

Log attached- Can you CLUE me in on what was going on?

[Saving space - attachment deleted by admin]You had a couple of trojans left on your computer, one of which was hijacking your browser, causing you to get redirected to the wrong sites. As far as I can tell, it looks like your infections should be gone. Now, we should focus on getting you a firewall. You're vulnerable without a firewall, so you should look into getting either ZoneAlarm, Kerio Personal Firewall, or Comodo. They're all good free firewalls. Just be sure you only have one installed at a time! Download the firewall of your choice, disconnect from the internet, disable Windows Firewall, and install your new firewall.

And like I mentioned earlier, you need sufficient anti-virus protection. You can choose between several useful (and free) programs such as AVG, Avast!, Antivir, or several others. You should only use ONE anti-virus!Thanks loads. Looks like I CAME to the right place.