Home page changes by itself

[Steve]

My home page seems to change itself periodically to
something called "web search". Any idea how that can be
disabled? NAV shows no viruses.

 

[Guest]

Download CWShredder http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip

Protect your pc with
SpywareBlaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html *
SpywareGuard http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html

* = Update the definition files within the program as the first step.


----- Steve wrote: -----

My home page seems to change itself periodically to
something called "web search". Any idea how that can be
disabled? NAV shows no viruses.

 

[war17]

2. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CWShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/cwshredder.html

3. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.

4. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php

Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.

5. For future preventive maintenance, make sure programs cannot just
download on your computer without your permission. From the Internet
Toolbar, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Make sure "Enable
Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)" and "Enable Install On Demand
(Other)" are unchecked.