Windows 10: D.agkn.com redirect

I have Windows 11 and I use Firefox browser. About a month ago, I started getting redirected to D.agkn.com when I click on some store links that show up on a Google search such as Etsy, Kohls, etc. I don't get redirected when I use Edge.I went on line and tried a few malware removal programs. The first one I tried was SpyHunter5. It found a couple of things that are shown in the attached picture. SpyHunter5 deleted them but when I restarted my computer, I could connect to Firefox but couldn't go anywhere. None of my bookmarks worked and when I typed Google in the address bar, I still got

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Redirect a system file problem

Thank you, dalchina. I did use the location tab and I've done it many times over the years - so I wasn't following the tut and didn't use proper care by making a system backup first. Lesson learned (again)!

I'm not entirely sure how I did it, but it now appears to be fixed. I followed a suggestion in another thread that I happened on.
the steps were:
1. make a new downloads folder in the destination location of choice
2. right click on the "wrong" shortcut - D:\ in my case & select Properties
3. In the path field, simply change it to your preferred destination and click APPLY
4. You'll get a request to confirm the redirection - click No
5. Click OK in your D:\ window
Restart.

After restarting, I opened File Explorer and the Downloads system folder seems to be where I want it - D:\DOWNLOADS
I manually moved a few files into it.
There are no error messages.
It sounds to easy to actually be true, so I'm not publishing this to the world yet.

Berton, thanks for chiming in. Your solution certainly works, but I don't want to have to think about yet another "maintenance" step if I can possibly avoid it.

 

Redirect

See if these guides help:

• How To Remove Browser Redirect Virus from Chrome, Firefox, IE & Edge
• How to Remove Adware from a PC

In addition I suggest reading:

How to tighten security and increase privacy on your browser - Malwarebytes Labs | Malwarebytes
Labs

and

Answers to common security questions - Best Practices

which

• includes Resources to protect your browser, privacy & help prevent browser pop-up ads and scams

Hope this helps.

 

D drive

Hi,

Based on the details you have provided us, it appears that there might be some corrupted contents on the said partition. We can also consider that this is caused by a virus.

For us to check if a certain virus is hiding your files, kindly follow the steps below:

• Type Command prompt in the search bar.
• Type-in the following command:
  
  attrib -h -r -s /s /d D:\*.*
• Press Enter to execute the command.

If you think that there is nothing important stored in it, then we suggest that you reformat your D drive so that you can use the free space for important files.

You can follow the steps below to start with the process:

• Click on the File Explorer.
• Select This PC.
• Right-click on your D drive, then click on Format.
• Follow the on-screen process to finish formatting the partition.

Let us know how it goes so that we can further assist you.