Home Search Assistent, et al

[James Cavera]

I have recently encountered a dataminer on my PC. It has
installed 3 programs (Home Search Assistent, Shopping
Wizard, and) and if I go to Add/Remove Software, it
says "Cannot Access http://looking-for.cc/unintstall/
(whichever file this is)." So, I've tried every antivirus
and AdAware, and Symantec, etc. and still it doesn't
leave. It resets my homepage to
res://qlsrr.dll/index.html#37049 every time I open IE. I
can usually get rid of viruses, but this one is killing
me. PLEASE HELP!

 

[Kaylene aka Taurarian]

Spyware Programs links:-
www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware
www.security.kolla.de Spybot

SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

CWShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

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

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

Downloadable McAfee AVERT Stinger:
Stinger: http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a
substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist
administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes
next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally
signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.

Perhaps an online security/virus check
Symantec
http://security.norton.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
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

 

[Mark]

Instead of using the generic info, I have found a fix. Check out my
document at http://www.browserplus.com/malware.doc.

Good luck - email me with any comments at (e-mail address removed)
(remove the xx's).

 

[Hilary Karp]

Why are you posting suggestions to threads that are weeks old? Self
promomoting eh?