IE 6.0 home page hijacked

[jskamm]

please help. running win98, everytime ie 6.0 sp1 loads up,
it goes to http://thesearchs.com/. used spybot and
adaware, didn't help. used hijack and it allowed me to
change my home page to yahoo.com but when i rebooted the
same thing happened again, home page went to
thesearchs.com. can anyone suggests any work arounds or
something. any help will be greatly appreciated.

thanks

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Homepage changes unexpectedly:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

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http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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please help. running win98, everytime ie 6.0 sp1 loads up,
it goes to http://thesearchs.com/. used spybot and
adaware, didn't help. used hijack and it allowed me to
change my home page to yahoo.com but when i rebooted the
same thing happened again, home page went to
thesearchs.com. can anyone suggests any work arounds or
something. any help will be greatly appreciated.

thanks

 

[siljaline]

please help. running win98, everytime ie 6.0 sp1 loads up,
it goes to hxxp://thesearchs.com/. used spybot and
adaware, didn't help. used hijack and it allowed me to
change my home page to yahoo.com but when i rebooted the
same thing happened again, home page went to
thesearchs.com. can anyone suggests any work arounds or
something. any help will be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Download and run the "Cool Web Shredder".
http://216.180.233.162/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe
Close *all* running applications before running the tool, follow the prompts.

HTH

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siljaline

MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
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is invalid - that we may all benefit)

 

[jskamm]

Thanks for everyone suggestions. looks like they worked.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

You're welcome.

 

[Guest]

I used CWShredder...and it worked for me.. Try that and
good luck..

Regards.
Hasan-

 

[TLang]

Absolutely wonderful, Thank YOU!!

I couldn't get IE to remember my home page for anything.

T.

 

[siljaline]

Absolutely wonderful, Thank YOU!!

I couldn't get IE to remember my home page for anything.

T.

You're welcome, glad to help!

Regards,

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siljaline

MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
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(Reply to group, as return address
is invalid - that we may all benefit)

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Prevent re-infection in future.

How to guard against CoolWebSearch spyware:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Defend_CWS.htm

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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Absolutely wonderful, Thank YOU!!

I couldn't get IE to remember my home page for anything.

T.