IE 6 and home page change

[Jason]

It doesn't matter how many times I reset my homepage,
everytime I open IE 6 it resets back to the same search
page. I never designated this, how can I fix what is
causing this?

Thanks in advance,
Jason

 

[war17]

Some website has hijacked your homepage.

1. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CoolWebShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html

2. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.

3. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/program/hijackthis.html

Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.

4. For future preventive maintenance, turn off ActiveX in the Security tab.

 

[Jason]

Thanks! I'll give it a try right away!

-----Original Message-----
Some website has hijacked your homepage.

1. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CoolWebShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html

2. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.

3. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/program/hijackthis.html

Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.

4. For future preventive maintenance, turn off ActiveX in the Security tab.

--
Warren
For additional help, post in
http://groups.msn.com/HelpforInternetExplorerorWindowsME/ homepage




.

 

[Jason]

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 10:17:06 AM, on 4/14/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\FaxTalk Messenger Pro\FTClCtrl.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb06.exe
C:\Program Files\Palm\HOTSYNC.EXE
C:\Program Files\FaxTalk Messenger Pro\FAPIEXE.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Documents and
Settings\JWM\Desktop\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer,SearchURL
= http://search123.biz/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\System32
\blhg.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main,Search Page = res://C:\WINDOWS\System32
\blhg.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\blhg.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\System32
\blhg.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main,Search Page = res://C:\WINDOWS\System32
\blhg.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\blhg.dll/sp.html (obfuscated)
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,
(Default) = http://search-all.net/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main,HomeOldSP = about:blank
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-
784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0
\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {8E499E80-80A9-4553-AF8F-
09ACA6344CE7} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\blhg.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-
00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PinnacleDriverCheck]
C:\WINDOWS\System32\PSDrvCheck.exe -CheckReg
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [FaxTalk CallControl 6.0] "C:\Program
Files\FaxTalk Messenger Pro\FTClCtrl.exe" /autoload
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility]
C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb06.exe
O4 - Startup: HotSync Manager.lnk = C:\Program
Files\Palm\HOTSYNC.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: Open Picture in &Microsoft
PhotoDraw - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office\1033
\phdintl.dll/phdContext.htm
O16 - DPF: {11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111157} -
file://C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Q330994.exe
O16 - DPF: {33564D57-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} -
http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/6/E/F6E491A6-
77E1-4E20-9F5F-94901338C922/wmv9VCM.CAB
O16 - DPF: {9F1C11AA-197B-4942-BA54-47A8489BB47F} (Update
Class) -
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/CAB/x86/unicode/iuct
l.CAB?38085.6887615741
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}
(Shockwave Flash Object) -
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/sw
flash.cab

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 10:17:06 AM, on 4/14/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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