Address resolution or redirection

[Jeff Hahn]

When I type in certain websites in the address bar, I get
redirected to another totally unrelated site. It looks
like I have been infected with a "plug-in", extension or
executable on my machine that is "listening" in on the
address bar and when certain popular addresses are typed
in (such as yahoo.com, cnn.com, microsoft.com), the code
redirects to an undesirable site.

I have removed some files created in the time frame that
the intrusion occurred, but have not gotten them all.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

These hijack programs are hard to uninstall without a specific tool. Get

SpybotSD - Search & Destroy by PepiMK Software:
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download

and/or

Adaware by Lavasoft:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

to remove most known spyware programs.

 

[siljaline]

When I type in certain websites in the address bar, I get
redirected to another totally unrelated site. It looks
like I have been infected with a "plug-in", extension or
executable on my machine that is "listening" in on the
address bar and when certain popular addresses are typed
in (such as yahoo.com, cnn.com, microsoft.com), the code
redirects to an undesirable site.

I have removed some files created in the time frame that
the intrusion occurred, but have not gotten them all.

Any help would be appreciated.

If you suspect that your Browser and/or machine has been hijacked... read on.

Removal Tool, your choice, novice users, Lavasoft's Ad-aware,
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/new/privacy___security/aaw6181.exe
Lavasoft/Ad-aware home: http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Mirror site: http://www.lavasoft.de/

Advanced users, SpyBot Search & Destroy,
http://studserver.uni-dortmund.de/~su1669/spybotsd12.exe

SpyBot home: http://security.kolla.de/
SpyBot How-To: http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/

Install either but both are not necessary, reboot, read FAQ and overview, use
online update feature to obtain the latest reference files, scan for Spyware
much like you would with your pre-installed anti-virus scanner.
Rid your machine of unwanted Spyware pests.

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_

 

[siljaline]

I have the same problem and would like to know how to get
explorer running as it did before my problems please help
me
thank you

See my post within this thread... Use those tools, they will help.





--
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_