Hijacked Home Page - Please Help!!!!!!

[weaponxman]

Out of the blue my home page has been hijacked by
www.find4u.net. Nothing I do can get rid of it as my
home page! If I change it, when I restart my computer it
is back again as my home page. I have tried running
searches on all Windows files to see if I can find what
is forcing or tricking Internet Explorer to default to
this page, but with no luck. I only get hits for the
temporary internet files that are created when I open
Explorer and it goes to find4u.net as the homepage. It
must be a loophole in Windows because nothing comes up on
my virus software or on Ad-aware. I can surf the web
without apparent problems, but I cannot get rid of this
hijacker!!! I have the Windows firewall enabled and my
security settings are fairly high. Please help!!!

 

[Ian Mizon]

Have you tried using SPYBOT SEARCH + DESTROY?
This is a very good program which can detect spys, and get
rid of them. You can download it from most good sites.
Ian

 

[Guest]

Download CWShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip or download Hijack This
See how Hijack This works at http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/7737.html
Download site HJ http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

 

[MLT]

Have you tried the system restore function. I had the same
problem and the only fix I could find was to use the system
restore...

MLT

 

[Mike Burgess]

weaponxman,
"find4u.net" = Coolwebsearch trojan
How to remove Coolwebsearch and affiliates
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch

Note: this type hijack indicates an unpatched machine, that is lacking in
"Defense".
Please visit Windows Update to avoid these exploits.
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 12-01-03]
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[Brannon Copeland]

Have you tried the system restore function. I had the same
problem and the only fix I could find was to use the system
restore...

"MLT"
Get Hijack from
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip


Or get BHCop from
http://www.pcmag.com/utilities/

One of these will solve your problem - probably most likely HiJack!