hijacked home page

[Gene Murphy]

Hi all , Long time since I've been here so hope I am posted to the right
newsgroup!
Although I have both adware and spyware software running on this machine, I
keep getting my homepage hijacked , with the internet options box being
grayed out so i cannot change it. I thought I remember a "script" that I
once downloaded that would fix this problem but I can not find it on Kelly's
web site, so I am asking if someone can point me in the right direction.
This has happened twice this week, it fixed itself after a reboot but this
morning it remains grayed out and I can not change it.

Your Help is much appreciated in advance.

Respectfully
Gene Murphy

 

[mac]

Hi all , Long time since I've been here so hope I am posted to the right
newsgroup!
Although I have both adware and spyware software running on this machine, I
keep getting my homepage hijacked , with the internet options box being
grayed out so i cannot change it. I thought I remember a "script" that I
once downloaded that would fix this problem but I can not find it on Kelly's
web site, so I am asking if someone can point me in the right direction.
This has happened twice this week, it fixed itself after a reboot but this
morning it remains grayed out and I can not change it.

Your Help is much appreciated in advance.

Respectfully
Gene Murphy

This is caused by parasites.

Homepage changes unexpectedly:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Gene;

First.
Right click the IE icon | Properties | Advanced tab |
Make sure both of these are NOT checked.

 Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)
[[Specifies to automatically download and install Internet Explorer
components if a Web page needs them in order to display the page properly or
perform a particular task.]]
 Enable Install On Demand (Other)
[[Specifies to automatically download and install Web components if a Web
page needs them in order to display the page properly or perform a
particular task.]]

Apply | OK
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Second.
It is known as Scumware. Visit these sites. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are really good.
Download, install, run, update and run again; one or all. They are all
good, FREE utilities.
The first site gives some recommendations.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=all#s-p

1) Spybot S & D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download

2) SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever
being installed.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

3) HijackThis (some other stuff that may be of interest also)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html

4) CWShredder direct download:
http://216.180.233.163/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

4½) CWShredder
http://majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

5)Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner v1.13
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html?source=appvisit

6) AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
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Additional information & instructions.
A wealth of information here, boys and girls.

THE PARASITE FIGHT QUICK FIX PROTOCOL
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

THE PARASITE FIGHT
Finding, Removing & Protecting Yourself From Scumware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm