Is there a detailed “How To” site for eradicating browser hijacking and other malware?
Yes and you already know the site. BleepingComputer, but it will take up to 2 years before you will feel experianced enough to do virus removal and there are more sites but that is a very good place to start. About your redirection, it is a good chance that it is rootkit related and could be the TDLS rootkit. The hackers have been bundling this in with their rogues and most software’s have not been effective, however, there are good reports coming from HitmanPro removing this threat Cnet download>http://download.cnet.com/Hitman-Pro-3/30… Or try Gmer the number 1 rootkit remover utility Gmer>http://www.gmer.net/#rootkit Use SystemLookup as a reference resource for HijackThis http://www.systemlookup.com/ and BleepingComputers Start-up List