Redirecting webpages... and also problems with MSN.

Marianas Wench

This has been happening for a couple of weeks now; Sometimes I'll click on a page from a search engine, and I'll be redirected to a page that seems almost like an advertisement, instead of the page I want/need. I didn't download anything, so I don't know how this is happening, but I'm ready to kick my computer out the window.

Somebody pleeeease help me regain sanity =[ I've tried searching how to stop this, and I've found nothing. Any ideas???

And while we're at it, I'm having problems with Windows Live Messenger of all things. I've already tried re-installing the program, and restarting the computer, but nothing's helping. I'll go onto MSN, and a few minutes later, it says it's encountered a problem. The only weird thing is that if I don't click "End Now", I'm still able to send and receive messages on it. I had earlier sent stuff to a sharing folder, do you think that could have caused an issue?

Thanks guys!
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