How come when I search for an item I get a page that is in NO WAY related to EBay?

How come when I search for an Item I am presented with another page from someone else that is NOT RELATED to EBay/ Like this stupid "Light in the box" for one!!!

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How come when I search for an item I get a page that is in NO WAY related to EBay?

You might have malware on your computer. Download Malwarebytes Antimalware. Update it and run a full scan. If it doesn't find anything, run it again in safe mode. The easiest way to get to safe mode that I've found is turn your computer off with the on/off button, don't shut it down the normal way.

 

When you restart it you should get a screen saying something about the computer not shutting down correctly and it gives a list of options. Use your arrow keys to move the cursor to safe mode and hit enter. It will scroll a whole heap of stuff on the screen then start windoze. All your desktop icons will be huge. When the scan is complete, restart your computer the normal way.

 

Make sure you have an active virus scanner that updates at least daily. Try and avoid Norton or McAfee. They are both good programs, but as they are so polular, the virus creators create their malware to get around those. A good free one is Avast.

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How come when I search for an item I get a page that is in NO WAY related to EBay?

There are sponsored links in addition to the search results for ebay listings. These will take you to the sites of other retailers selling what you are searching for. They're  just ads.

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How come when I search for an item I get a page that is in NO WAY related to EBay?

Thanks for your reply but I Run "AVG" and "Complete System Care" and they didn't find it. So I thought I would search for myself and found it has been added under Google Chrome "Settings" > "Extensions" but hidden in my "Emoticons" extension. So I deleted the whole extension and it went. Hope this helps you and other Users.

 

Kind Regards

Joe Tazzieone

 

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How come when I search for an item I get a page that is in NO WAY related to EBay?


@joetazzieone wrote:

Thanks for your reply but I Run "AVG" and "Complete System Care" and they didn't find it. So I thought I would search for myself and found it has been added under Google Chrome "Settings" > "Extensions" but hidden in my "Emoticons" extension. So I deleted the whole extension and it went. Hope this helps you and other Users.

 

Kind Regards

Joe Tazzieone

 


Ahhh, yes, I forgot about rogue extensions. I had one a few years back that none of my anti malware / virus programs detected. I only went searching when Chrome was maxing out the CPU when there were no tabs open. Glad you got it sorted! Hopefully you coming back might help someone else having the same issues. 

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