Please Help, my IE is acting weared

[Guest]

Hi all,

Since a couple of days ago, my IE started acting weared. I no longer could
connect to sites like google or yahoo.
1. Also, when I start the IE, It automatically goes to sites that I have
not asked for.

2. A site is making itself as a homepage , and always I get sites that I do
not wnat such as porn sites.

I even tried putting these sites as my restricted sites, but still, the
sites come back.

Please What can I do to get rid this proble, and have a normal Internet
connections. I can not even go to sites like Google and yahoo, there is
soem software that has been imposed itself on my computer that blocks me from
google and yahoo.


Please HELP...

Regards,

James

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Hi all,

Since a couple of days ago, my IE started acting weared. I no longer
could connect to sites like google or yahoo.
1. Also, when I start the IE, It automatically goes to sites that I
have not asked for.

2. A site is making itself as a homepage , and always I get sites
that I do not wnat such as porn sites.

I even tried putting these sites as my restricted sites, but still,
the sites come back.

Please What can I do to get rid this proble, and have a normal
Internet connections. I can not even go to sites like Google and
yahoo, there is soem software that has been imposed itself on my
computer that blocks me from google and yahoo.


Please HELP...

Regards,

James

First eliminate any scumware.
CAUTION!!!!! Before you try to remove spyware using any of these programs ,
download a copy of LSPFIX from any of the following sites:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
(if your OS is Win2k or XP) The process of removing certain malware may kill
your internet connection. If this should occur, this program, LSPFIX, will
enable you to regain your connection.

See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
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.


See this link for information about malware:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Guest]

Frank,

I have tried all these anti spaywares. Some of these software actually
detect and delete the browser hijacker that is on my computer and you would
expect that this will solve the problem. But the highjacker is very
persistant and it comes back to life (with and without restarting) as if
nothing has happened and changes my IE homepage again to the site below

http://www.hotoffers.info/cgi-bin/h.pl


Please if you have come across this problem, please help.....

James

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE]

Did you run CWShredder?

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[Guest]

Yes I used CWShredder. THis won't fix the problem....., Please if you
know of any other way or software let me know.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE]

Go to: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware]

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/