Win Patrol floods me with 100's of notices:

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Ron P

I have been plagued by Ad-ware, but have eliminated all their intrusions
except Home Page hijacking. "Coolsearch.biz" must be a pretty nasty weapon.
With the help of your groups I have downloaded; Ad-Aware, Spybot Search and
Destroy, Win Patrol, and most recently, CWShredder.
My home page now is usually preserved, but Win Patrol greets me with
literally a hundred message windows asking me if I want to accept
"coolsearch.biz as your new Home Page''. And you can't just click through
on the 'no' buttons. You first need to move each of these small message
windows off the pack of others before you can click the 'no' button and be
rid of the messages.

I'm wondering if I should uninstall WinPro? I do have Trend Micro's
Internet security, version 1140 build 5015, in which I have identified the
offending URL into micro's "URL Filter". Shouldn't that alone block
''CoolSearch"??

Many thanks, Ron P
 
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David H. Lipman

1) Download the following three items...

Trend Sysclean Package
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

Latest Trend signature files.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

Adaware SE (personal free version)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Create a directory.
On drive "C:\"
(e.g., "c:\New Folder")
or the desktop
(e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")

Download sysclean.com and place it in that directory.
Dowload the signature files (pattern files) by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt194.zip

Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
sysclean.com.

2) Update Adware with the latest definitions.
3) If you are using WinME or WinXP, disable System Restore
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
4) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode
5) Using both the Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware, perform a Full Scan of your
platform and clean/delete any infectors/parasites found.
6) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using both the
Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware
7) If you are using WinME or WinXP,Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any
System Restore preferences, (e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB),
8) Reboot your PC.
9) If you are using WinME or WinXP, create a new Restore point
10) Please report back your results

Dave




| I have been plagued by Ad-ware, but have eliminated all their intrusions
| except Home Page hijacking. "Coolsearch.biz" must be a pretty nasty weapon.
| With the help of your groups I have downloaded; Ad-Aware, Spybot Search and
| Destroy, Win Patrol, and most recently, CWShredder.
| My home page now is usually preserved, but Win Patrol greets me with
| literally a hundred message windows asking me if I want to accept
| "coolsearch.biz as your new Home Page''. And you can't just click through
| on the 'no' buttons. You first need to move each of these small message
| windows off the pack of others before you can click the 'no' button and be
| rid of the messages.
|
| I'm wondering if I should uninstall WinPro? I do have Trend Micro's
| Internet security, version 1140 build 5015, in which I have identified the
| offending URL into micro's "URL Filter". Shouldn't that alone block
| ''CoolSearch"??
|
| Many thanks, Ron P
|
|
 
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