something changing my home page

[james]

I have started having problems with something changing my
home page. I will go back in and reset it to yahoo, but
at least a couple times a day it will be changed to
res://mshp.dll/index.html#10213. I have run the
antivirus and nothing has ever come back positive and the
virus def are up to date. Does anyone have an ideal?

 

[Robert]

Try running a spyware removal program such as Ad Aware
(aaw6.exe) or Spybot (spybotsd12.exe). It looks as if your
browser is being hijacked.

 

[Anthony Diodati]

Try "Hi-Jack This"
Tony D.

Try running a spyware removal program such as Ad Aware
(aaw6.exe) or Spybot (spybotsd12.exe). It looks as if your
browser is being hijacked.

 

[DVarnau]

James,
Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html for CWShredder.
It will remove this.

Then see http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm for security tips and
other information.

Don

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

James,

This is caused by a CoolWebSearch variant.
http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/c/coolwebsearch.asp

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

[CWShredder removes all the variances of this spyware]
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe

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

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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Prevent Spyware from being installed:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Prevent malware from being installed - Part 2:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/MalwareDefence_Example.htm
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I have started having problems with something changing my
home page. I will go back in and reset it to yahoo, but
at least a couple times a day it will be changed to
res://mshp.dll/index.html#10213. I have run the
antivirus and nothing has ever come back positive and the
virus def are up to date. Does anyone have an ideal?