Can't search from Address Bar

[Margie]

Suddenly I am unable to search from my address bar. The
results are nothing but shopping websites. Someone
suggested I run a spyware and adware program which I did
but it didn't solve the problem.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Don Varnau]

Margie,
This is almost certainly a spyware / parasite problem.

I would download and run, in this order:

CWShredder http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Then download, install, *update* and run both of these programs:
Ad-aware from http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Spybot from http://security.kolla.de/ (Remove items listed in red-others are
optional.)
Both programs should be updated after installation- before use.

Additional information, including security tips, at:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Don

 

[Margie]

I followed all of your instructions but I still have the
same problem.

-----Original Message-----
Margie,
This is almost certainly a spyware / parasite problem.

I would download and run, in this order:

CWShredder http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Then download, install, *update* and run both of these programs:
Ad-aware from http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Spybot from http://security.kolla.de/ (Remove items listed in red-others are
optional.)
Both programs should be updated after installation- before use.

Additional information, including security tips, at:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Don
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Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

"Margie" <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

Suddenly I am unable to search from my address bar. The
results are nothing but shopping websites. Someone
suggested I run a spyware and adware program which I did
but it didn't solve the problem.

Any other suggestions?

.

 

[H Leboeuf]

You may have a new variant. Check with some of the experts.

Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

If you get a 404 error or Access denied, try:
http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/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:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

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

HijackThis Quick Start Help
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

The Tutorial if you want to know more about the results or the .log file.
http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html
--

The HijackThis forum may be under DOS attacks so use one of these.

Please' post your Hijack This Logs, in any of the following "Expert Forums"
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showforum=27
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?s=853f186bf90302d57a6840f00475ff6b&showforum=32
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?s=1413794b9fe306155560c99576acc3a8&showforum=11
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?s=c0d583c0e136d2133506ec492cb6bd40&showforum=44
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=19
http://boards.cexx.org/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=0b5c7c42dc70e12ffe32f4a0807ff6a3
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/security,1



Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm

I followed all of your instructions but I still have the
same problem.

-----Original Message-----
Margie,
This is almost certainly a spyware / parasite problem.

I would download and run, in this order:

CWShredder http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Then download, install, *update* and run both of these programs:
Ad-aware from http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Spybot from http://security.kolla.de/ (Remove items listed in red-others are
optional.)
Both programs should be updated after installation- before use.

Additional information, including security tips, at:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

"Margie" <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

Suddenly I am unable to search from my address bar. The
results are nothing but shopping websites. Someone
suggested I run a spyware and adware program which I did
but it didn't solve the problem.

Any other suggestions?

.