Help, can't Surf!!! My IE 6.0 always starts redirecting
to er.searchsprint.com. I have tried searching registry
for this string.Also I have run Ad aware software which
listed out a few programs like bonzi buddy. But my
problem still remains. I have tried reseting to default
settings in explorer. Also I tried Uninstalling and
Installing againg, IE 6.0. Still the first web page IE
tries to access is always the same, which is indicated in
my status bar. Even that page does not load.
searchspint.com seems to be some pay for referrin site.
Other browser like MSN is working. Any white knight out
there?

Your homepage has been highjacked. Use CWShredder to get rid it.

http://www.spychecker.com/program/cwshredder.html

If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php

Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.

--
Warren
For additional help, post in
http://groups.msn.com/HelpforInterne...owsME/homepage

"vramk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0b3201c3dc52$81597b60$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Help, can't Surf!!! My IE 6.0 always starts redirecting
> to er.searchsprint.com. I have tried searching registry
> for this string.Also I have run Ad aware software which
> listed out a few programs like bonzi buddy. But my
> problem still remains. I have tried reseting to default
> settings in explorer. Also I tried Uninstalling and
> Installing againg, IE 6.0. Still the first web page IE
> tries to access is always the same, which is indicated in
> my status bar. Even that page does not load.
> searchspint.com seems to be some pay for referrin site.
> Other browser like MSN is working. Any white knight out
> there?

"vramk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0b3201c3dc52$81597b60$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Help, can't Surf!!! My IE 6.0 always starts redirecting
> to er.searchsprint.com. I have tried searching registry
> for this string.Also I have run Ad aware software which
> listed out a few programs like bonzi buddy. But my
> problem still remains. I have tried reseting to default
> settings in explorer. Also I tried Uninstalling and
> Installing againg, IE 6.0. Still the first web page IE
> tries to access is always the same, which is indicated in
> my status bar. Even that page does not load.
> searchspint.com seems to be some pay for referrin site.
> Other browser like MSN is working. Any white knight out
> there?

Run the "Cool Web Shredder"
check for update first.
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
Close all instances of Internet Explorer and Outlook Express,
click on the executable above and follow the prompts.

THANKS WARREN! WILL TRY OUT & POST DETAILS
>-----Original Message-----
>Your homepage has been highjacked. Use CWShredder to get
rid it.
>
>http://www.spychecker.com/program/cwshredder.html
>
>If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo
download page
>
>http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php
>
>Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are
OK. Post the log. I
>will find the problem for you.
>
>--
>Warren
>For additional help, post in
>http://groups.msn.com/HelpforInterne...erorWindowsME/
homepage
>
>"vramk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:0b3201c3dc52$81597b60$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Help, can't Surf!!! My IE 6.0 always starts redirecting
>> to er.searchsprint.com. I have tried searching registry
>> for this string.Also I have run Ad aware software which
>> listed out a few programs like bonzi buddy. But my
>> problem still remains. I have tried reseting to default
>> settings in explorer. Also I tried Uninstalling and
>> Installing againg, IE 6.0. Still the first web page IE
>> tries to access is always the same, which is indicated
in
>> my status bar. Even that page does not load.
>> searchspint.com seems to be some pay for referrin site.
>> Other browser like MSN is working. Any white knight out
>> there?
>
>
>.
>

HERE IS THE CWS LOG. HELP IN DECIPHER. THANKS GUYS
VRAMK

CWShredder v1.44.2 scan only report

Windows XP (5.01.2600 SP1)
Windows dir: F:\WINNT
Windows system dir: F:\WINNT\system32
AppData folder: F:\Documents and
Settings\vramk\Application Data
Username: vramk

Infected Registry value:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar
Infected data:
http://www.couldnotfind.com/search_page.html?
&account_id=132156
Infected Registry value:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant
Infected data:
http://www.couldnotfind.com/search_page.html?
&account_id=132156
Found Hosts file: F:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
(45091 bytes, A)
Shell Registry value: HKLM\..\WinLogon [Shell]
Explorer.exe
UserInit Registry value: HKLM\..\WinLogon [UserInit]
F:\WINNT\system32\userinit.exe,
Found Win.ini file: F:\WINNT\win.ini (1964 bytes, A)
Found System.ini file: F:\WINNT\system.ini (1992 bytes, A)

Enumerating HKCU policies (Internet Explorer):
remove netscape help = dword:1

- END OF REPORT -
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"vramk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:0b3201c3dc52$81597b60$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Help, can't Surf!!! My IE 6.0 always starts redirecting
>> to er.searchsprint.com. I have tried searching registry
>> for this string.Also I have run Ad aware software which
>> listed out a few programs like bonzi buddy. But my
>> problem still remains. I have tried reseting to default
>> settings in explorer. Also I tried Uninstalling and
>> Installing againg, IE 6.0. Still the first web page IE
>> tries to access is always the same, which is indicated
in
>> my status bar. Even that page does not load.
>> searchspint.com seems to be some pay for referrin site.
>> Other browser like MSN is working. Any white knight out
>> there?
>
>Run the "Cool Web Shredder"
>check for update first.
>http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
>Close all instances of Internet Explorer and Outlook
Express,
>click on the executable above and follow the prompts.
>
>
>.
>