HELP to remove MY SEARCH from my IE6

S

Seahawk

When I put a keyword into the ADDRESS field of my ie6
browser and ENTER, I get search results from MY SEARCH.
I used to get MSN search.

I never changed any settings.
How can I get rid of this intruder?

Thanks.

(MY SEARCH is a function of WWW.MYWAY.COM)
 
T

Touch Base

Description & removal
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/MySearch.html
An IE toolbar providing search features, and a homepage-/search-hijacker,
targeted at the sites run by MyWay. (The same people as iWon.com, writers of
the Aornum parasite.)

If no joy run these 3 programs:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com (Free)
Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your
memory,registry and hard drives for known spyware and scumware components
and lets you remove them safely. It is updated frequently.

Download and install it, MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE IT, and then run it following
these directions:

Ad-Aware 6 comes pre-configured with default options that are already ON
(green checkmark) ... do not change them. The following are changes that you
will need to make to prepare the "Full" custom scan that is recommended for
the first look into your computer (instead of a red "x", you will make them
a green "checkmark"):
Launch the program, and click on the Gear icon at the top of the start
screen to access the preferences/setting window.
Click the "Scanning" button.
Under Drives & Folders, select "Scan within Archives".
Click "Click here to select Drives + folders" and select your installed hard
drives.
Under Memory & Registry, select all options.
Under "Cleaning Engine", select the following:
"Let Windows remove files in use after reboot."
Click on 'Proceed' to save these Preferences.
Now update to the latest reference file. They update these constantly.

When you are finished, you will be using the Custom Scan with Memory and
Both registry scans ON. Please make sure that you activate IN-DEPTH scanning
before you proceed.

After you have set up these options, be sure to choose "Custom Scan" not
"Smart Scan" and choose next.

Let it remove all finds. It will put these in quarantine to back up later if
necessary.

REBOOT

http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/ (Free)
SPYBOT SEARCH AND DESTROY : Searches your system for so-called spyware,
adware and similar threats to your privacy and security. If such threats are
found, it can give you some information about the interloper and remove it
from your system; creating a backup beforehand. Download and install it,
MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE IT beofre running.

If you find a system scan by SpybotS&D indicates CoolWebSearch present but
does not effectively remove it download and run CWShredder.

CWShredder:
http://www.net-integration.net/tools/hijackthis.html

CWShredder, a small utility for removing CoolWebSearch (aka CoolWwwSearch,
YouFindAll, White-Pages.ws and a dozen other names). Spybot S&D tends to
forget essential parts of the hijack, so until it updates, you can just do
this to completely remove the hijack. Updated to remove the new variants
once they come out.
http://www.allsecpros.com/download/CWShredder.exe
 
J

Jurren Bouman

Seahawk said:
When I put a keyword into the ADDRESS field of my ie6
browser and ENTER, I get search results from MY SEARCH.
I used to get MSN search.

I never changed any settings.
How can I get rid of this intruder?

Thanks.

(MY SEARCH is a function of WWW.MYWAY.COM)

See this website:
"Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites"
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

And/or:
"THE PARASITE FIGHT"
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

--
Jurren Bouman
MVP Windows - Security

"Microsoft Trustworthy Computing: Security"
http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx
 

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