Homepage Keeps Changing to an Unwanted Site

[Roy]

I have Internet Explorer 6, and Win XP Home. My home
page keeps resetting to res://mshp.dll/index.html#22776.
This doesn't appear to be a malicious website, more like
a search page. When I set a new homepage, like say
www.msn.com (or anything else), it stays as what I set it
at for a few web page visits, but it eventually goes back
to the one it keeps resetting to. I checked for viruses,
and I did find one called Trojan.ByteVerify. I was able
to remove it using Norton, but the problem is still
there. I don't know if the virus had anything to do with
it. Anyone know why my homepage keeps resetting to that
res://mshp.dll/index.html#22776 page? Thanks

 

[chris]

my homepage was resetting to a similar search type page
and it turned out to be a trojan virus. I was able to
find it and get rid of it by using the tools on the
pcpitstop web site.

hope this helps
Chris

 

[Roy]

-----Original Message-----
my homepage was resetting to a similar search type page
and it turned out to be a trojan virus. I was able to
find it and get rid of it by using the tools on the
pcpitstop web site.

hope this helps
Chris

Hmmm. I'll try updating my virus definitions again and
scan one more time. Maybe it's sneakier than I thought.
If that doesn't work, I'll check out the pcpitstop site.
Thanks.

 

[Joe]

I am have the exact same promblem my home page resets to
the same address you mention I have been working on this
problem for days if i whe i find a fix i will send you a
emain please do the same if you find one

 

[DVarnau]

Roy,
res://mshp.dll indicates a coolwebsearch infection. Use CWShredder from
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html

Additional info at:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Regards,
Don

 

[DVarnau]

Joe,
res://mshp.dll indicates a coolwebsearch infection. Use CWShredder from
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html

Additional info at:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Regards,
Don
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Newsgroup replies preferred, but e-mail address is...
don_04[at]varnau[dot]org
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I am have the exact same promblem my home page resets to
the same address you mention I have been working on this
problem for days if i whe i find a fix i will send you a
emain please do the same if you find one

[snip]

 

[Roy]

-----Original Message-----
Roy,
res://mshp.dll indicates a coolwebsearch infection. Use CWShredder from
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html

Additional info at:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Regards,
Don

Hey thanks Don! It's time for me to hit the sack, but
I'll check out that website tomorrow. Thanks for the
help

 

[Roy]

-----Original Message-----
Roy,
res://mshp.dll indicates a coolwebsearch infection. Use CWShredder from
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html

Additional info at:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Regards,
Don
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Hey Don, my new best friend! CWShredder worked like a
charm. Very, very easy to use, and it took all of 2
minutes total to to find/download/run. Thanks again

 

[Roy]

-----Original Message-----
I am have the exact same promblem my home page resets to
the same address you mention I have been working on this
problem for days if i whe i find a fix i will send you a
emain please do the same if you find one

The solution provided by Don in this thread works
perfect. Very easy to use CWShredder.