HomePage changes ...

[Gaurav]

Hi All,

On opening IE 6.0(with the latest SP), my homepage changes to
www.omega-search.com. No matter how many times I set it back to blank, it
resets itself.
I have run Ad-Aware and SpyBot without any success.

Please help !!

- Gaurav

 

[Guest]

You are the victim of a homepage hijack. Copy and paste the following URL into your browser

http://tomcoyote.com/hjt

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----- Gaurav wrote: ----

Hi All

On opening IE 6.0(with the latest SP), my homepage changes t
www.omega-search.com. No matter how many times I set it back to blank, i
resets itself
I have run Ad-Aware and SpyBot without any success

Please help !

- Gaura

 

[Chuck]

Hi All,

On opening IE 6.0(with the latest SP), my homepage changes to
www.omega-search.com. No matter how many times I set it back to blank, it
resets itself.
I have run Ad-Aware and SpyBot without any success.

Please help !!

- Gaurav

Gaurav,

Ad-Aware and Spybot are good tools. But for omega-search you need more intense
cleaning.

Start by downloading LSP-Fix from <http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>, and
CWShredder from <http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html>.

First, run CWShredder.

Now get HijackThis <http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155>.
1) Install and run HijackThis. Do NOT make any changes immediately. Save the
Log.
2) Have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the following
forums (and post it here):
<http://forums.tomcoyote.org/>
<http://www.wilderssecurity.com/>
<http://forums.net-integration.net/>
<http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/>

If removal of any spyware affects your ability to access the internet (some
spyware builds itself into the network software, and its removal may damage your
network), run LSP-Fix.

Harden your browser. There are various websites which will check for
vulnerabilities, here are three which I use.
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/
http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/
https://testzone.secunia.com/browser_checker/

Harden your operating system. Check at least monthly.
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

Block possibly dangerous websites with a Hosts file. Three Hosts file sources I
use:
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/get_hosts.html
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
(The third is included, and updated, with Spybot (see above)).

Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit safer when
posting to open forums.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Stephan]

is it still paranoia when the people you think are trying to get you,
actually are????
great advise / websites.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.