can't get my internet home page back

[Mom who is so frustrated.]

hi,
Can someone help me please delete this home page.. I have
no idea how it got on my computer... but I can't get rid
of it... it says this:
res://uccxy.dll/index.html#37794

I have tried and tried to reset it but it doesn't want to
reset... also I have tried in add and remove programs to
delete home search, search extender, and shopping wizard
but they all come up with the same thing saying no... it
reads: http://looking-for.cc/uninstall/homeseach.html".
its driving me nuts... please help...
thanks

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Mom

New CWS variant that hijacks you to res://<random>.dll/

New method to clean

CWShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
or
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip)

Removing the AboutBlank Virus
http://www.akadia.com/services/about_blank_virus.html

If that does not work then try the following:

New about:blank cleaners:
http://www.atribune.org/downloads/AboutBuster.zip
or
http://tools.zerosrealm.com/AboutBuster.zip

AumHa Forums- res [random].dll-sp.html CWS Variant:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=6207

Here are some other links which may shed some extra light:
http://www.pchell.com/support/onlythebest.shtml
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=8847
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=7447
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=7261
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=7281

How you know you have it : When you start up Internet Explorer it takes a
few seconds to load and in the address bar it starts with res://<Random
..dll>

Per Merijn - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html

A solution is being worked on, see this thread on the SWI forums.
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=7447

If it's not working for you, or it's too complicated, I heard from several
people that this workaround works as well:
Open the DLL you get hijacked to in Notepad
Select all content (Ctrl-A) and delete it
Save the file and exit Notepad
Find the file in Explorer, right-click it, select Properties, put a
checkmark in 'Read-Only' and click OK.
If you can't find the DLL file, make sure your settings allow you to view
"Hidden files". Open up any explorer windows and click on "Tools", "Folder
Options", "View" and be sure to check off "Show Hidden Files and Folders".

Hope this helps.

Jan

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