default home page

[dave]

whenever i open explorer my home page has been reset to
fastsearch (it shows url of fastsearch.c), so i reset it
back to yahoo.com but it does no good, the next time i
open explorer it has again reset to this fastsearch page.
i also get a porn search popup that comes out of nowwhere,
i never got this before. i have removed and reinstalled
explorer. still no good, what do i do now.

 

[mac]

whenever i open explorer my home page has been reset to
fastsearch (it shows url of fastsearch.c), so i reset it
back to yahoo.com but it does no good, the next time i
open explorer it has again reset to this fastsearch page.
i also get a porn search popup that comes out of nowwhere,
i never got this before. i have removed and reinstalled
explorer. still no good, what do i do now.

How to remove Coolwebsearch and affiliates
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch

Note: this type hijack indicates an unpatched machine, that is lacking in
"Defence".
Please visit Windows Update to avoid these exploits.