Trojan horse home page

[Ken]

Without my permission, the following has installed itself
as my home page: res://mshp.dll/index.html#22776. When I
went into options and changed the home page back, after
either closing and opening IE, or about 2 minutes, it
automatically changed the home page back. I then searched
files and found one titled mshp.dll, and deleted it (it's
still in the recycle bin). This also did not work, even
after rebooting. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Without my permission, the following has installed itself
as my home page: res://mshp.dll/index.html#22776. When I
went into options and changed the home page back, after
either closing and opening IE, or about 2 minutes, it
automatically changed the home page back. I then searched
files and found one titled mshp.dll, and deleted it (it's
still in the recycle bin). This also did not work, even
after rebooting. Any ideas or suggestions?

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, 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 need to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.

If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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[Guest]

I have the same problem and tried everything. Let me know
if you hear any useful advice. Sorry not to be of help

 

[Guest]

It is an CoolWebSearch varian
Download CWShredder http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
* = Update the definition files within the program as the first step

Protect your pc wit
SpywareBlaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.htm

Greetings from Hollan


----- (e-mail address removed) wrote: ----

I have the same problem and tried everything. Let me know
if you hear any useful advice. Sorry not to be of hel

 

[Shankar Koirala]

I am also having same problem from this adware site. I
can't type anything in the address book, whatever the URL
address I type, this stupid URL (http://smartsearch.ws)
hijacked my IE browser. I am expecting help.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I am also having same problem from this adware site. I
can't type anything in the address book, whatever the URL
address I type, this stupid URL (http://smartsearch.ws)
hijacked my IE browser. I am expecting help.

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, 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 need to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.

If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/