When I do a Google search, the usual page of results appears, but when I click on any of the results, instead of openning the page on which I clicked, a strange page appears which seems to be a commercial search or list of possible links. Is this a spyware invasion? How do I stop this from happening?
Thanks

Do a quick search on your hard drive for a file HOSTS
A normal file will not have any website addresses listed. Many spyware programs will add their own entries to this file.

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