Crazy Computer Things Happenning..Need Help!

[ANDREA SCALISI]

My computer is doing some seriously crazy things lately and I have no idea
how to fix them.

1) This is cut and pasted from a website I visited and something that
happens often, irregardless of the web address.
Content-type: text/html Page-Completion-Status: Normal
Page-Completion-Status: Normal Set-Cookie: CFID=983257; expires=Sun,
27-Sep-2037 00:00:00 GMT; path=/; Set-Cookie: CFTOKEN=46646485; expires=Sun,
27-Sep-2037 00:00:00 GMT; path=/;

2) Can't change my home page on Internet Explorer...box is completely grayed
out.

3) Can't visit certain websites such as Mapquest...boots me out of IE
completely.

Have checked my security/cookies settings which is properly set at Medium. I
do use Zone Alarm Pro..settings also on Medium.

I'm lost here! This stuff is way beyond me and I'm hoping someone out there
can help.

Thanks so much!

Regards,

A

 

[PA Bear]

Check your system for "hijackware":

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run these tools in the following order with nothing else running in
background:

1. CWShredder (fix all found)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all found)

3. Spybot (RTFM but generally fix everything in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each
and every use, even "right out of the box". But even they can't catch
everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe) is the preferred
tool to use. It will help you to both identify and remove any
hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools may be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957
--
HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/privacy/spyware.mspx

 

[ANDREA SCALISI]

This worked great! Thanks for your help!

Check your system for "hijackware":

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run these tools in the following order with nothing else running in
background:

1. CWShredder (fix all found)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all found)

3. Spybot (RTFM but generally fix everything in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each
and every use, even "right out of the box". But even they can't catch
everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe) is the preferred
tool to use. It will help you to both identify and remove any
hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools may be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957
--
HTH - Please Reply to This Thread

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.aumha.org

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/privacy/spyware.mspx

My computer is doing some seriously crazy things lately and I have no idea
how to fix them.

1) This is cut and pasted from a website I visited and something that
happens often, irregardless of the web address.
Content-type: text/html Page-Completion-Status: Normal
Page-Completion-Status: Normal Set-Cookie: CFID=983257; expires=Sun,
27-Sep-2037 00:00:00 GMT; path=/; Set-Cookie: CFTOKEN=46646485;
expires=Sun, 27-Sep-2037 00:00:00 GMT; path=/;

2) Can't change my home page on Internet Explorer...box is completely
grayed out.

3) Can't visit certain websites such as Mapquest...boots me out of IE
completely.

Have checked my security/cookies settings which is properly set at
Medium. I do use Zone Alarm Pro..settings also on Medium.

I'm lost here! This stuff is way beyond me and I'm hoping someone out
there can help.

Thanks so much!

Regards,

A