websearch ???

[Wij]

My IE seems to have been hijacked by the websearch search engine. It makes itself my homepage every boot. Godknows what else is happening.

I'm guessing adaware and spybot need to have a go at it. Latest links anyone ? Any other ideas ?

Thanks,

Wij.

 

[nath]

www.lavasoft.de is the only one I know.. that should sort it

 

[tRoG]

I'm guessing adaware and spybot need to have a go at it. Latest links anyone ? Any other ideas ?

Completely and utterly correct

And, apart from changing your browser to Mozilla/Firebird, I don't really know.

 

[Custodian]

You can find links to lots of useful utils at http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php including adaware and spybot.
If it is one of the more persistent ones that these tools fail to clean out let us know as I have seen other links around somewhere.

 

[Scooba da Bass]

Hijack This is specifically designed to sort crap like this out and can, in some cases prevent it happening again.

 

[Tom]

Wij, have a look in tools>internet options>general>settings>view objects

Occasionally some stuff can appear in there, I've accidently clicked those 'do you wish to dl xxx' popups sometimes, and inadvertantly saved stuff I don't want.

 

[Xavier]

I've accidently clicked those 'do you wish to dl xxx' popups sometimes

accidentally...

*ahem*



heh

 

[xane]

I'd check your dialup setting too, just in case

 

[Wij]

OK - u need CWShredder if you get this. Worked a treat. Took 2 secs once I found it. Well done that author

 

[Clown]

I'd check your dialup setting too, just in case

I'm just wondering, how many people here still use modem?

 

[xane]

I'm just wondering, how many people here still use modem?

Well I use broadband, but I have some dial-up settings so I can login and find out what the problem is when the broadband is down, also I have one for my work and others that are copies of my father's and mother's so I can test them.

Anyone with a modem installed should always check.

 

[Doh_boy]

One good place to look is the registry:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\Internet explorer\main

In there, there should be keys like "Default URL" , "Search URL" and "Main URL"

Or words to that affect, look about for LOTS of '%' that should be the dodgy ones. Also look in Current Config\all the above as well.