Google redirect virus? Please help cleaning

Hi,

Seems I?ve been a bad boy and now I suspect I?m being punished with the Google redirect horror?
The symptoms match: iexplore.exe is open in the processes without IE running, any Google search redirects me to totally unrelated pages and lately my laptop frequently just freezes without any apparent error message. I?ve also been getting random popups saying I?ve won an iPad2 (generated by explorer.exe process); too bad I already have one?

Thanks a million already for your help!

Here are the required logs:

Mbam:
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Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.51.2.1300
www.malwarebytes.org

Database version: 911122105

Windows 6.1.7600
Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385

26/12/2011 11:59:28
mbam-log-2011-12-26 (11-59-27).txt

Scan type: Full scan (C:\|)
Objects scanned: 350682
Time elapsed: 1 hour(s), 14 minute(s), 33 second(s)

Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 0
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 0
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 0

Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Keys Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data Items Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Files Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
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GMER:
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GMER 1.0.15.15641 - http://www.gmer.net
Rootkit scan 2011-12-26 20:55:31
Windows 6.1.7600
Running: gxek03go.exe; Driver: C:\Users\VheymBB\AppData\Local\Temp\uwliipog.sys

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DDS also freezes my laptop or just runs for hours without generating anything.

Doing my own research I came across ?bootkit remover?, unfortunately no success?
Here are the results.

Just opening the boot_cleaner.exe:
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Bootkit Remover
(c) 2009 Esage Lab
www.esagelab.com

Program version: 1.2.0.1
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (build 7600), 32-bit

System volume is \\.\C:
\\.\C: -> \\.\PhysicalDrive0 at offset 0x00000000`075a9e00

Size Device Name MBR Status
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111 GB \\.\PhysicalDrive0 Controlled by rootkit!

Boot code on some of your physical disks is hidden by a rootkit.
To disinfect the master boot sector, use the following command:
remover.exe fix <device_name>
To inspect the boot code manually, dump the master boot sector:
remover.exe dump <device_name> [output_file]

Done;
Press any key to quit...
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When running this script:
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@ECHO OFF
START
boot_cleaner.exe fix \\.\PhysicalDrive0
EXIT
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I get:
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Bootkit Remover
(c) 2009 Esage Lab
www.esagelab.com

Program version: 1.2.0.1
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (build 7600), 32-bit

System volume is \\.\C:
\\.\C: -> \\.\PhysicalDrive0 at offset 0x00000000`075a9e00
Restoring boot code at \\.\PhysicalDrive0...
ATA_Write(): DeviceIoControl() ERROR 1
ERROR: Can't write first sector of the disk.

Done;
Press any key to quit...
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Source: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic175253.html

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Debt-riddled Japan relaxes decades-old arms exports ban (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) ? Debt-riddled Japan Tuesday relaxed its self-imposed decades-old ban on military equipment exports in a move that will open new markets to its defense contractors and help the nation squeeze more out of its defense budget.

The government's security council agreed to the relaxing of the ban to allow Japan to take part in the joint development and production of arms with other countries and to supply military equipment for humanitarian missions, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said at a news conference.

"The new standards (on weapons exports) are a result of the government considering measures that required attention amid recent changes to the environment surrounding international defense equipment," Fujimura said, referring to rising arms costs that could put strain on the government, with public debt twice the size of its economy.

The rule adopted in 1967 banned sales to communist countries, those involved in international conflicts or subject to United Nations sanctions.

It later became a blanket ban on exports and on the development and production of weapons with countries other than the United States, making it impossible for manufacturers to participate in multinational projects.

"The regulations on weapons exports are based on the concept that as a pacifist country Japan should aim to avoid fanning international conflicts, and we will keep a close watch on exports," Fujimura said.

The relaxing of the rules does not mean Japan will begin openly selling its military products to the world -- exports will be limited to strategic allies like the U.S.

The move could still allow companies such as Mitsubishi Heavy (7011.T) to join the development of Lockheed Martin's (LMT.N) F-35, which Tokyo picked last week as its next frontline fighter, planning to buy 42 machines at an estimated cost of more than $7 billion.

MORE THAN DOUBLE

Although Japan is the world's sixth-biggest military spender, it often pays more than double other nations for the same equipment because local export-restricted manufacturers can only fill small orders at a high cost.

Removing the ban would stretch its defense purse further as military spending in neighboring China expands.

This year, Beijing raised military outlays by 12.7 percent. That included money for its own stealth fighter, the J-20, which made its maiden flight in January.

In contrast, Japan's defense budget has been shrinking in past years as ballooning costs for social security and servicing its growing debt pile squeeze other spending.

Given fiscal restraints, Tokyo is keen to make its defense program more efficient to maintain its military capability in the face of China's rise and growing uncertainties in the region.

The relaxation of the ban, that has been modified in the past to allow sharing of military technology with the U.S., could also be a boon for Japanese manufacturers as the strong yen weighs on their civilian exports and weak domestic demand and budget constraints restrict growth at home.

(Reporting by Shinichi Saoshiro; Writing by Tomasz Janowski; Editing by Joseph Radford)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111227/bs_nm/us_japan_defence

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Pantry gets food to pets of needy seniors | Boise, Garden City ...

Bobbie Gardner is an animal lover who is allergic to dogs and cats. She no longer owns pets, but she knows firsthand that they are cherished companions for many.

The Boise grandma is part of a group of volunteers trying to prevent homebound seniors in the Treasure Valley from losing their pets because they can?t afford to feed them. Once a month, she loads up her Suzuki with bags of donated pet food and delivers it to a half-dozen or more residents in Boise and Meridian.

?They?re very appreciative,? said Gardner, a nurse who works part time. ?They say it?s so important to them to keep their animals with them, and if we didn?t help them they wouldn?t be able to.?

The pet food delivery service ? run through the Idaho Humane Society ? is done in collaboration with Elks Meals on Wheels. Volunteers with Meals on Wheels deliver meals each day to 800 seniors in Ada County, including 400 homebound seniors and 400 at dining centers.

?For many of these people who receive Meals on Wheels, it is their only daily source of nutrition,? said Grant Jones, development director for Elks Meals on Wheels. ?It?s very critical that they eat all of that and that they don?t have to make a choice between themselves and their pet.?

The Idaho Humane Society has been assisting with pet food donation for needy seniors for years. In late 2008, the nonprofit launched a separate delivery service to ease the burden on Meals on Wheels volunteers.

?It was just asking them to do a lot extra. In some cases, that pet food is very heavy, very bulky,? Jones said. ?It just made it easier.?

At about the same time, shelter officials began to notice that many families were giving up their pets due to financial hardship.

?We determined that people were using food stamps to buy food for their pets ? tuna for their cats, little wieners for their dogs,? said Christine Wiersema, development director at the Idaho Humane Society. ?That?s taking food away from the family, so that?s not good.

?We reassessed things because we want to keep these families together,? Wiersema said. That?s when the shelter?s Pet Food Pantry was launched.

The pantry, housed in a construction trailer, is also a collection site for the Meals on Wheels pet food delivery service. They collect and distribute about 7,000 pounds of pet food a month.

?This could be my whole job,? Wiersema said. All of the food is donated by the community or purchased with cash donations.

There are pet food donation drop-offs at 60 locations in the Valley, including Zamzows stores and veterinary offices.

Some businesses hold food drives to help out. The Idaho Athletic Club held four drives this year and donated 10,000 pounds of pet food. Hewlett-Packard employees contributed 640 pounds and $780 in cash.

Twice a month, about 100 families pick up food to feed for up to four pets. They may receive the donated pet food for up to six months.

The Meals on Wheels pet food delivery service is separate from the food pickup operation. It currently provides food to 225 animals at residences throughout Ada County.

About 10 to 15 volunteers gather the first week of the month to pack the pet food into their vehicles. They spend an hour or two delivering it over the next day or so.

Wiersema said many of the seniors in the delivery program have older and/or special-needs pets. Grants from two foundations allow the shelter to offer medical treatment and other care for those animals.

While talking to one pet owner, volunteer Gardner discovered that he was living in frigid temperatures due to a broken furnace. She called local agencies and businesses until she found one that would work with him on a payment plan for a new furnace.

In that way, the pet food delivery service is about so much more than pets, Wiersema said.

?It?s just one more touch from the community ? that sense we can all take care of each other,? she said.

Katy Moeller: 377-6413

Source: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/12/26/1929828/pantry-gets-food-to-pets-of-needy.html

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Detained ex-Filipino leader wants home on New Year (AP)

MANILA, Philippines ? Arrested ex-Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has asked a court to allow her to welcome the new year in her upscale residence after spending Christmas in detention.

Judge Jesus Mupas earlier rejected Arroyo's plea to celebrate Christmas and New Year at home citing security reasons. Mupas allowed her family to join her in celebrating the holidays at her hospital suite in the capital.

Lawyer Laurence Arroyo asked Mupas on Monday to reconsider and allow her to be at home on New Year.

Court officer Felda Domingo says Mupas will be on holiday leave until Jan. 6 and may not be able to deal with her plea.

Mupas ordered Arroyo arrested last month for allegedly ordering the rigging of the 2007 senatorial elections. She denies the charge.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111226/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_arroyo

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The history of Santa Claus: 7 interesting facts (The Week)

New York ? From why he wears a red suit to when he got hitched to Mrs. Claus, a look at the mythmaking behind jolly old St. Nick

As Christmas approaches, children around the world have Santa on the brain. They're anxiously wondering if they've been overly naughty or sufficiently nice, and eagerly daydreaming about their potential gift hauls. But exactly how did the jolly, bearded North Pole resident evolve into the cultural icon we know today? Here, seven interesting facts about his evolution:

1. He was real... sort of
Folklore may have turned Santa Claus into a toy distributor who mans a sleigh led by eight flying reindeer, but he is actually based, loosely, on a real person. Born around the year 270, St. Nicholas was the Bishop of Myra, a town in what is now Turkey. He earned a reputation as an anonymous gift giver,?says MSNBC, by paying the dowries of impoverished girls and handing out treats and coins to children ? often leaving them in their shoes, set out at night for that very purpose. Since his death, Nicholas has been canonized as the patron saint of children.

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2. He's only been 'Santa Claus' for 200 years
A Dutch tradition kept St. Nicholas' story alive in the form of Sinterklaas, a bishop who traveled from house to house to deliver treats to children on the night of Dec. 5. The first anglicizing of the name to Santa Claus was in a story that appeared in a New York City newspaper in 1773.

3. Satire first sent Santa down a chimney
In his satiric 1809 book A History of New York, Washington Irving did away with the characterization of Santa Claus as a "lanky bishop," says Whipps. Instead, Irving described Santa as a portly, bearded man who smokes a pipe. Irving's story also marked the first time Santa slid down the chimney, says the U.K.'s Independent.

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4. "Twas the Night Before Christmas" introduced the reindeer
Clement Moore's 1822 poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas ? which is now more commonly referred to as "Twas the Night Before Christmas" ? was first published anonymously in the Troy, N.Y., Sentinel on Dec. 23, 1823. The 56-line poem introduced and popularized many of Santa's defining characteristics ? chiefly, that he drove a sleigh guided by "eight tiny reindeer."

5. Coca-Cola created the modern Mr. Claus
When Father Christmas first began showing up in illustrations, he wore many different colored robes: Green, purple, blue, and brown, among others. Beginning in the late 1800s, it became popular to outfit Santa in a red suit. Artist Louis Prang depicted him that way in a series of Christmas cards in 1885, and The New York Times reported on the red garments in 1927. But the modern image of Santa Claus as the jolly man in the red suit was seared into American pop culture in 1931, when artist Haddon Sundblom illustrated him that way for a widely-circulated campaign for Coca-Cola.

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6. The department store Santa is a 120-year-old tradition
In 1890, Massachusetts businessman James Edgar became the first department store Santa, according to The Smoking Jacket. Edgar is credited with coming up with the idea of dressing up in a Santa Claus costume as a marketing tool. Children from all over the state dragged their parents to Edgar's small dry goods store in Brockton, and a tradition was born.

7. Santa was a bachelor until the late 1800s
The first mention of a spouse for Santa was in the 1849 short story A Christmas Legend by James Rees. Over the next several years, the idea of Mrs. Claus found its way into several literary publications, like the Yale Literary Magazine and Harper's Magazine.?But it wasn't until Katherine Lee Bates' widely-circulated 1889 poem Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride that Santa's wife was popularized. ("Goody" is short for "Goodwife," or "Mrs.")

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Sources: Colour Lovers, Independent, MSNBC, The Smoking Jacket

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    How You Can Log Into Windows 8 by Touching Pictures

    Beware of smudges on your future Windows 8 machine.

    With new login methods such as Face Unlock or the pattern from Android, typing in a password seems so last-decade. Microsoft feels the same way and will be adding a new way to log into Windows 8.

    Microsoft's Jeff Johnson, the Director of Development for the User Experience team, followed up on this with a blog post on the B8 blog with some recommendations for best practices for those who plan to use this login method:

    • Pick a photo that has at least 10 points of interest. A point of interest is an area that can serve as a landmark for a gesture ? a point that you would touch, places you would connect with a line, an area you would circle.
    • Use a random mixture of gesture types and sequence. While a line is the gesture that has the most permutations, if you always use 3 lines, that actually makes it easier for an attacker, as they can rule out trying sequences with the other gesture types.
    • If you choose to use a tap, a line, and a circle, randomly choose the order of those gestures; this creates 6 times the number of combinations as a predictable order.
    • For circle gestures, randomly choose whether you draw it clockwise or counterclockwise. Also consider making the size of the circle bigger or smaller than the ?expected? size.
    • For line gestures, your instinct may be to always draw from left to right, but it is more secure if you randomly choose the direction with which you connect the two points.
    • As with all forms of authentication, when entering your picture password, avoid allowing other people to watch you as you sign in.
    • Keep your computer in a secure location where unauthorized people do not have physical access to it.? As with any password entry, be aware of line of sight and potential recording devices that intrude on your screen.
    • Be aware that smudges on the screen could potentially identify your gestures. Clean your screen thoroughly on a regular basis. Although this increases the risk if you clean, sign in, and then do nothing, the buildup of oils from repeated use is generally easier for an attacker to see (plus, who likes using an oily device?). Note that buildup is more of an issue for entering numeric PINs, when the device is frequently turned on and off and you enter the sequence dozens of times a day (oils can build up in those locations). Periodically look at your screen at an oblique angle while on the picture password login screen and see if there appears to be a pattern pointing to your gesture sequence. If so, either clean your screen or add a handful of additional smudges in the picture password area (which effectively increases the POIs discussed below
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    Be sure to hit the full post for an in-depth analysis regarding the different security considerations that Microsoft is currently making with Windows 8.

    Source: http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=a1f35cc88227f6cd89ffb908c5adbb10

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    Codecademy Builds ?Labs,? A Web-Based Code Editor

    150133v1-max-250x250Smoking hot startup?Codecademy, a service which teaches you how to program online has launched its?Labs feature today, as a sign of things to come. Codecademy founder Zach Sims tells me that?Codecademy, and specifically new hire Amjad Masad, built the feature because it wanted people to be able to play with what they've learned on Codecademy?without having to download a desktop-based code editor or integrated development environment (IDE). ?He says that most other online code-learning environments (like Treehouse) don't yet offer a way for students freeform write and run the code they teach in-browser.

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