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Avast Yahoo Error Handler
« on: September 20, 2018, 08:14:15 PM »
So, Avast keeps hijacking when I try to connect to zf-clan.com. It lands me on https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/errorhandler?hspart=avast&hsimp=yhse-ak&q=zf-clan.com  instead of the site. I can't find a setting on Avast, I can't turn it off. I KNOW the website is good. I have uninstalled every piece of avast software I can find. This has completely poisoned the well for me. Please, I need to know how to stop this.

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Re: Avast Yahoo Error Handler
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2018, 10:32:56 PM »
Hi,can you post how do you resolve this domain?

e.g.:

C:\Users\lukor>nslookup zf-clan.com
Server:  turris.lan
Address:  192.168.88.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    zf-clan.com
Address:  62.112.10.12

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Re: Avast Yahoo Error Handler
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2018, 12:19:05 PM »
Maybe your browser search has been hijacked.

Check for unwanted/unknown add-ons/extensions.

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Re: Avast Yahoo Error Handler
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2018, 08:01:52 PM »
I've also just started seeing this exact same thing after a reboot.

And per the version release notes:
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- Automatic redirect to search page if domain isn't found
« Last Edit: September 24, 2018, 08:05:09 PM by scott33 »