How do I get rid of macro / virus imported from internet?

[Guest]

A week or so ago, I noticed that on logging on to Internet Explorer my usual home page had been changed to http://find4u.net/indexa.htm
Also in my 'Favourites' list were the following,
FREE HIDDEN CAMS WORLD,
FREE SPY CAM
FREE WEB CAM CHATS
GET THIS FOR FREE
HIDDEN CAMS WORLD
I went into 'Tools', 'Internet Options' and deleted the 'home page address' re-inserting my original home page. I deleted all cookies, deleted all files and cleared history then came out of 'Tools' and then deleted one by one the offending entries on my 'Favourites List'.

All appeared fine except that the next time I switched on the computer and logged onto Internet Explorer, the offending home page and Favourites were back.

I have tried searching the complete C drive including hidden files for any files named or with the embedded titles (find4u.net etc)in them so that I might delete them but the search proved fruitless except to find them in Favourites (if I had not deleted them first).

Have you any suggestions on how I might resolve this and to prevent other unwanted macros popping things up when I log on from entering my PC when I am on line?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Get some spyware, such as Ad Aware, Spybot and many others.
Go here
http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
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http://www.mvps.org/msauer/getting_started.htm
news://msnews.microsoft.com

A week or so ago, I noticed that on logging on to Internet Explorer my usual home

page had been changed to http://find4u.net/indexa.htm

Also in my 'Favourites' list were the following,
FREE HIDDEN CAMS WORLD,
FREE SPY CAM
FREE WEB CAM CHATS
GET THIS FOR FREE
HIDDEN CAMS WORLD
I went into 'Tools', 'Internet Options' and deleted the 'home page address'

re-inserting my original home page. I deleted all cookies, deleted all files and
cleared history then came out of 'Tools' and then deleted one by one the offending
entries on my 'Favourites List'.

All appeared fine except that the next time I switched on the computer and logged

onto Internet Explorer, the offending home page and Favourites were back.

I have tried searching the complete C drive including hidden files for any files

named or with the embedded titles (find4u.net etc)in them so that I might delete them
but the search proved fruitless except to find them in Favourites (if I had not
deleted them first).

Have you any suggestions on how I might resolve this and to prevent other unwanted

macros popping things up when I log on from entering my PC when I am on line?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Swayfield,

Check these links for helpful advice on removing garbage:
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm
http://aumha.org/win5/a/parasite.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

You might also want to use these tools:

Adaware www.lavasoft.de
Spybot www.safer-networking.org

This one can help you avoid these programs from being installed in the first
place:
Spyware Blaster: www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

A week or so ago, I noticed that on logging on to Internet Explorer my

usual home page had been changed to http://find4u.net/indexa.htm

Also in my 'Favourites' list were the following,
FREE HIDDEN CAMS WORLD,
FREE SPY CAM
FREE WEB CAM CHATS
GET THIS FOR FREE
HIDDEN CAMS WORLD
I went into 'Tools', 'Internet Options' and deleted the 'home page

address' re-inserting my original home page. I deleted all cookies, deleted
all files and cleared history then came out of 'Tools' and then deleted one
by one the offending entries on my 'Favourites List'.

All appeared fine except that the next time I switched on the computer and

logged onto Internet Explorer, the offending home page and Favourites were
back.

I have tried searching the complete C drive including hidden files for any

files named or with the embedded titles (find4u.net etc)in them so that I
might delete them but the search proved fruitless except to find them in
Favourites (if I had not deleted them first).

Have you any suggestions on how I might resolve this and to prevent other

unwanted macros popping things up when I log on from entering my PC when I
am on line?