cant clear persistant homepage and bookmarks

[rhizodus]

my IE6 loads up unwanted bookmarks and a homepage. I have
cleared them out until computer turned off and rebooted.

any suggestions?

 

[war17]

Some website has hijacked your homepage.

1. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CoolWebShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html

2. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.

3. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/program/hijackthis.html

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

4. For future preventive maintenance, make sure programs cannot just
download on your computer without your permission. From the Internet
Toolbar, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Make sure "Enable
Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)" and "Enable Install On Demand
(Other)" are unchecked.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

This may be caused by CoolWebSearch spyware.

Download all of these utilities and scan the system.

* Spybot Search & Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/
* Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
* CoolWebSearch Shredder : [Link courtesy of Siljaline]
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/attachments/cwshredder1521.zip
or
www.majorgeeks.com keyword [CWShredder]

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Free Online Virus Scanners and Security Tests:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Scanners.htm



my IE6 loads up unwanted bookmarks and a homepage. I have
cleared them out until computer turned off and rebooted.

any suggestions?