Ask A Geek

Q: For the last few weeks I’ve had problems with the google virus. It is opening new tabs on links and redirecting me to other sites namely fasttools and using search2.google.

It maybe unrelated but I since I used an SVHS cable to connect my computer to a TV my has been stuck on what appears to be something like 800 x 600. The problem is when I go into the display settings I get an error saying something about C:windows\system32\rundll32.exe.

I have norton antivirus running and it has quarantined a couple of trojans and I thought that would sort it out but no luck. I am still having the issues.

So my two issues are that my display is stuck at 800×600 and google seems to have hijacked my browser. I’m using firefox with noscript and adblock on a computer running Windows Vista. What can I do to solve these problems?

Q: Why does a google search engine pop-up when I am on a specific website and click to go into other areas of that specific site?

Q: I just set up a new website, tattersalladventures.com for someone using a design template from the hosting company. I’m trying to google to recognise it but its asking me to add a HTML code or meta tag to verify I own the site. I cant insert the code without upgrading my hosting package (I’m limited to the set design template).

Is there a way around this? to verify I own the site as it would be nice to be able to google the site!
(I don’t understand what a meta tag is and feel limited if I could add code I could verify it!)