Unwanted home page

[Charles Ottino]

An unwanted home page -www.surferbar.com - has
established itself as my home page in my Internet Explore
Browser 6.0. I have tried several times to change the
home page using other websites - example www.google.com -
or even selecting the Blank option, still once applied,
the unwanted home page listed above reappears as the
default.
Should I re-install IE 6.0 SP1? If so, will this also
affect my Outlook Express that is currently working fine?
Please help!!!!
Thanks, Charles

 

[siljaline]

An unwanted home page -www.surferbar.com - has
established itself as my home page in my Internet Explore
Browser 6.0. I have tried several times to change the
home page using other websites - example www.google.com -
or even selecting the Blank option, still once applied,
the unwanted home page listed above reappears as the
default.
Should I re-install IE 6.0 SP1? If so, will this also
affect my Outlook Express that is currently working fine?
Please help!!!!
Thanks, Charles

Go to:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

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, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the below location: Spyware and Hijackware Removal Support.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/index.php?s=8a236cdf61469fbad3bddbe810be0374&act=SF&f=11

Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message.

HTH

--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

 

[Mike Burgess]

Charles,
In most cases you got infected via email [ugh!]
[from my HOSTS file]
127.0.0.1 surferbar.com #win32.dll
127.0.0.1 www.surferbar.com #Download.Aduent.Trojan

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-03-03]
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