I am using Firefox. I type Facebook.com into the address bar and wind up with webfetti. I type in gmail and wind up with webfetti. If I hit the back button the correct opening page will appear. How do I get rid of these hijackings?

You can start by download the free version of Malwarebytes.org (http://www.malwarebytes.org/). Boot into Safe Mode and install it and run it.

This did not resolve the issue. Any other suggestions?

remove webfetti - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=remove+webfetti&aq=6&oq=remove+web&aqi=g9g-s1)

Thank you NeedKarma. However, I have never knowingly installed Webfetti and it is not in my Add/Remove list. Neither is the toolbar that is mentioned in most of these Google solutions.

You've got yourself a nasty little infection. If you are comfortable getting into the guts of Windows you can try this: PC Hell: My Web Search Removal Instructions (http://www.pchell.com/support/mywebsearch.shtml)

Or else do a System Restore to a date before the malware infection.

I have the same problem... usually I can just type in "face" and hit enter and it takes me to Facebook... now it redirects me to another site!
It's frustrating.

I ran AVG, Malwarebytes and a rootkit scan thingy... none of them worked.

Thanks for the suggestion of system restore NK, I forgot about doing that.

One good one is called ComboFix (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix). I have used it countless times to clean up computers. When malewarebytes fails, this usually does the trick.