Browser start page hijack

[Frank]

Hi:

My IE's Default_home_page, local page and start page have
been hijacked. I managed to delete the file that the start
page (and other two settings) direct to, but couldnot get
rid of those settings, not even from WINDOWS registry. Ad-
awre and Xcleaner software couldnot help either. Now
everytime IE fires up, it will search for the file
named "secure.html" which was deleted by me from
C:\WINDOWS\. Could anyone help? Many thanks indeed?

Frank

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
especially
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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[julianbarry \(removethis\)]

Can't help, sorry, but have same problem. I'm not
knowledgable enough to delete any files amnd I can't find
an alien programme to delete. My system restore has also
been affected so I cannot restore to previous settings.
If you get a solution I should be grateful if you could
forward to me.

 

[Guest]

Download and run CWshredder. This will almost certainly
solve your problem.