This particular problem seems to be pretty common around the internet. It affects only Firefox. When a computer accesses google.com or sometimes yahoo.com after a few moments the machine will be redirected to fileinxt.com. Most Antivirus, or malware scanners can't seem to pick this one up.
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This little critter installs itself into the folder c:\document and settings\(username)\local settings\application data\EA3AA2E9-BCBF-481A-B198-8E7D100D2FC4} (That long number will usually never be the same). If you see more than one folder in the application data directory with a funky number for a name, explore them both. The one you want will with have a chrome sub folder inside. This lets you know you are inside a firefox plugin folder, though its not where firefox usually stores its add-ons. Once you verify that the folder contains the chrome sub directory, you can delete it. That should solve the problem entirely.
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This particular problem seems to be pretty common around the internet. It affects only Firefox. When a computer accesses google.com or sometimes yahoo.com after a few moments the machine will be redirected to fileinxt.com. Most Antivirus, or malware scanners can't seem to pick this one up.
Solution
This little critter installs itself into the folder c:\document and settings\(username)\local settings\application data\EA3AA2E9-BCBF-481A-B198-8E7D100D2FC4} (That long number will usually never be the same). If you see more than one folder in the application data directory with a funky number for a name, explore them both. The one you want will with have a chrome sub folder inside. This lets you know you are inside a firefox plugin folder, though its not where firefox usually stores its add-ons. Once you verify that the folder contains the chrome sub directory, you can delete it. That should solve the problem entirely.
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