Dear Sir or Ma'am,

I have suddenly experienced an issue logging into sites associated
with military training for AC3 for Armor officers at knox.  Everytime
I try to log onto the site I get this instead: Internet Optimizer
powered by Yoogee.com.  I feel like I've been spammed or hacked
somehow.  The URL I'm trying to go to is
http://147.238.144.82/vtoc.  Instead I end up at 147.238.144.82 or
above mentioned site.  Knox sent me a copy of the URL (incase the one
in saved in my favorites was somehow corrupted.  I got the same
results.  What is happening.  I can't afford to lose time as a Reserve
Officer fighting this.

CPT HARRIS

Hi kenneverstops,

Your computer has most certainly been hijacked by the adware Internet Optimizer. 

"Internet Optimizer is an error page hijacker."
http://www.spy-bot.net/InternetOptimizer.asp

There are a number of programs you can use to eliminate it - if you
are in a hurry and just want to try one for now, use Adaware.

Adaware (check for updates before running):
http://www.spychecker.com/program/adaware.html

Sybot Search and Destroy (check for updates before running):
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Symantec solution:
1) Update the virus definitions.
2) Uninstall "Active Alert" and "Internet Optimizer" using the
Add/Remove Programs utility.
3)  Run a full system scan and delete all the files detected as
Adware.NetOptimizer.
4)  Delete the value that was added to the registry.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.netoptimizer.html

While you are at it, it would be a good idea to run HouseCall, an
excellent online virus scan which often finds things that others miss.

HouseCall:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Additional Links:

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Inside Spyware:
http://www.intranetjournal.com/spyware/

Spyware Removal Software:
http://www.intranetjournal.com/spyware/removal.html#scansoft

Spyware Prevention Software:
http://www.intranetjournal.com/spyware/preventsoft.html

I'm confident you'll have things back to normal soon. If you have any
questions, or if none of those programs eliminate the problem, please
post a clarification request before closing/rating my answer and I'll
be happy to reply.

Thank you,
hummer

Google Search Terms Used: Internet Optimizer

I got an excellent answer that confirmed what I suspected.  I just
didn't know how to fix it.

Terrific news, kenneverstops, and thank you for your nice note,
rating, and tip. I was sure you'd be ok, but there's always that
chance that something quirky could be going on. Thanks for the good
news! Sincerely, hummer