home page problems

[Chris]

Whenever I start IE 6, my homepage is automatically
redirected to a porno page or www.coolwwwsearch.com. I
tried changing the homepage but everytime I boot up, IE 6
keeps going back to these pages. Does anyone know how
to get rid of this???

This is what is in the homepage under internet options:

http://www.coolwwwsearc%
68%2e%63%6f%6d/%7a/%61/%78%31%2e%63%67%69?%39%34%37%35%33%
39
about:blank

I went through the registry and deleted every instance of
this I found, but everything would just return to the way
it was once the computer was restarted.

Help PLEASE!!!

 

[siljaline]

Whenever I start IE 6, my homepage is automatically
redirected to a porno page or www.coolwwwsearch.com. I
tried changing the homepage but everytime I boot up, IE 6
keeps going back to these pages. Does anyone know how
to get rid of this???

This is what is in the homepage under internet options:

<snipped>

Spyware Alert!

Removal Tool, your choice, novice users, Lavasoft's Ad-aware,
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/new/privacy___security/aaw6181.exe
Lavasoft/Ad-aware home: http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Mirror site: http://www.lavasoft.de/

Advanced users, SpyBot Search & Destroy,
http://studserver.uni-dortmund.de/~su1669/spybotsd12.exe

SpyBot home: http://security.kolla.de/
SpyBot How-To: http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/

Install either but both are not necessary, reboot, read FAQ and overview, use
online update feature to obtain the latest reference files, scan for Spyware
much like you would with your pre-installed anti-virus scanner.
Rid your machine of unwanted Spyware pests.

HTH


--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

 

[YK]

Whenever I start IE 6, my homepage is automatically
redirected to a porno page or www.coolwwwsearch.com. I
tried changing the homepage but everytime I boot up, IE 6
keeps going back to these pages. Does anyone know how
to get rid of this???

This is what is in the homepage under internet options:

http://www.coolwwwsearc%
68%2e%63%6f%6d/%7a/%61/%78%31%2e%63%67%69?%39%34%37%35%33%
39
about:blank

I went through the registry and deleted every instance of
this I found, but everything would just return to the way
it was once the computer was restarted.

Help PLEASE!!!

You have been hijacked by a nasty parasite.

Lavasoft's Ad-aware now fully detects this pest.
Lavasoft/Ad-aware home: http://www.lavasoftusa.com

If no joy with Ad-aware, use the
latest release of CWS shredder:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

Get Spyware blaster to stop these nasties.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Update the reference file as there are new nasties.

By the way, this has been answered many many times already.
http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#stop