Warning of suspicious website when logging off Hotmail

10_66

Since yesterday, whenever I log out of Hotmail, instead of the page staying on the msn.com page it appears to be automatically re-routing to another website. It's being blocked by my internet security provider with the warning "you are entering a suspicious website" with a recommendation that "you do not visit this website".

The https address is shown on the warning flag as searchdimension.com, with the word redirection.php? after this and then followed by lots of letters and characters.

I've run a full computer scan and it says that no harmful items have been found. I took a screen print of it, but I don't know how to insert it into this post.

Can anyone advise what this is and how I can stop it from happening, please?

Neil_Jones

https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-searchdimension-com/

10_66

I've just looked at my security event history and can see around the same time this started to happen something called "nuxues" with "track" infront of it has been blocked too. Would this be connected to the other?

10_66

The article suggests this occurs when you download software, but I haven't knowingly done so.

Neil_Jones

10_66 wrote: »

The article suggests this occurs when you download software, but I haven't knowingly done so.

This is why you should read everything on any installer instead of just clicking Next on every screen going. That's often how this sort of junk gets on machines. It may have been bundled with something else.

10_66

But I haven't downloaded any software etc. I'm baffled as to how it's happened.