Gregg,
    There are two places right off the bat that I would check.  First off,
go back to safe mode and make sure there are no proxy settings boxes checked
in the Internet Options.  On the *Tools* menu in Internet Explorer,
click *Internet
Options*, click the *Connections* tab, and then click *LAN Settings*.  Under
*Proxy server*, unclick to select the *Use a proxy server for your
LAN*check box if it is selected.  Also unclick the checkbox to select
the
*Bypass proxy server for local addresses* check box if it is selected.

    The second location, while not hacked much anymore is the hosts file.
It is located in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc.  You can open it with
notepad, wordpad, etc.  It should have only one entry in it by default under
the documentation area that Microsoft puts in.
127.0.0.1       localhost

One hacked examples would be:     127.0.0.1     www.mcafee.com
That essentially blocks you from getting to anything Mcafee related.
Deleting the entry 127.0.0.1 www.mcafee.com would reopen access to mcafee.
If you are not comfortable editing the host file you can move or delete it
from the folder.

I would then update and run Malwarebytes again since there might be
something else hanging out and you did not mention if you ran an updated
scan or just installed and ran Malwarebytes as it came from the download.
Have you ever run spybot - search and destroy?

Derek

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:57 AM, Gregg Pfaff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I can't seen to remove the remainder of a virus which was picked up on
> facebook. I've tried the windows malicious software removal tool, AVG,
> McAfee, HijackThis, Ad ware, MalwareBytes...etc. Most virus files are
> removed but the problem I still have is it redirects my browser away from
> antivirus sites and wouldn't let me update AVG antivirus database so, I
> downloaded the trial version of McAfee while in safe mode. The redirecting
> doesn't occur while in safe mode. any suggestions before I'm forced to
> reformat and reinstall everything? I'm running XP pro and IE8 on a Dell
> latitude D620 laptop.
> Gregg
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