Hi jacking of 'home page'

[Mike]

When clicking on IE icon the home page resets it's self
to www.search-for-you.com I've run Spyboot, McAfee
latest updates but to no avail. I do not seen to have
access to the 'use current' button under Internet Options
General. Any solutions would be gratefuilly received.
(Also one extra site keeps adding itself to my favourites)

 

[pauly [MSFT]]

Hi Mike,

Please see the following:

320159 Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly, or You Cannot Change Your
Home
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320159

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Dealing with Unwanted Popups:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/nopopups.htm

Deceptive Web Pages
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/decweb.htm
[Courtesy of MS-MVP Jupiter Jones]

Internet Explorer Security:
http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#ie
[Courtesy of Karl Levinson, CISSP, MCSE, MS MVP]

Here are some additional steps you can take:

1. Check for Spyware that may be installed on your computer using one or
more of these tools:

Ad-Aware
http://www.netsecurity.about.com/library/blfreespyware.htm

HijackThis
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Web Shredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html#cwshredder

Spybot-S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/

2. Run AV with the latest signatures to see if a virus can be found and
removed. In addition to the AV you have installed, you should run a scan
using one of the available online AV scanners:

Trend Micro House Call:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Panda ActiveScan;
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

McAfee FreeScan:
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp

Kaspersky Labs On-line Virus Checker:
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html

BitDefender Online Scan:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

Downloadable McAfee AVERT Stinger:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

3. Keep your machine current with Security and Critical updates using
Windows Update:

WINDOWS UPDATE:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

4. Install/Maintain your Firewall:

http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/firewalls1.html

http://firewalls.surferbeware.com/firewalls-basics.htm

http://www.techonline.com/community/related_content/14208

=========

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Windows XP Security Homepage:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/security/default.asp

Windows 2000 Security Homepage:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/security/default.asp

Top 10 Windows Newsgroups Security Questions:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/newsgroups/default.asp?url=/technet/newsgro
ups/nodepages/sectop10.asp

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Paul Hayes, MCSE
Product Support Services
Microsoft Corporation
(e-mail address removed)


--------------------
| From: "Mike" <[email protected]>
| Subject: Hi jacking of 'home page'
| Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 12:50:52 -0700
|
| When clicking on IE icon the home page resets it's self
| to www.search-for-you.com I've run Spyboot, McAfee
| latest updates but to no avail. I do not seen to have
| access to the 'use current' button under Internet Options
| General. Any solutions would be gratefuilly received.
| (Also one extra site keeps adding itself to my favourites)
|

 

[Guest]

you have to take many steps to reslove this problem the
1st is going into windows explorer should be uder
accessories hen under c drive look for it and delete it.
2nd go to run box type regedit, hkey users, then programs
you should see it there also delete the key, also look
in hkey local machine and try to find it there then
delete it.. after search for it using find files , then
go to add remove programs see if its listed Good Luck ps
dont mess around with regedit to much you could mess up
windows

 

[Rick]

-----Original Message-----
When clicking on IE icon the home page resets it's self
to www.search-for-you.com I've run Spyboot, McAfee
latest updates but to no avail. I do not seen to have
access to the 'use current' button under Internet Options
General. Any solutions would be gratefuilly received.
(Also one extra site keeps adding itself to my favourites)
.

Sounds a lot like a trojan. Also try out Zone Alarm
Personal Firewall -plus- Sygate Personal Firewall, plus Ad-
Aware. All free prog's. I have all three of the above
running to positive effect. (Oh! & whist at it, why not
also run AVG anti-virus).Good luck. Ricky
PS.. Check out Symantics on the web, Iv found their stuff
interesting.