IE Homepage hijacked

[Jimmy Hsu]

I think my IE 7.0 has been infected.

Whenever I boot up my PC, IE launches automatically. This has never
happened before.
Moreover, after IE loads up, it does not display my Homepage (My Yahoo).
Instead it displays
a page called Microsys that touts a list of antispyware crap.

I've uninstalled IE and reinstall it again. Didn't work.
I've used AVG, Spybot, Adware to scan and delete any rogue software
detected. Didn't work.

I've look at the Startup folder, as well as the Win.ini file but didnt see
any command to launch IE on bootup.

I used Regedit and search for the string "Microsys" in the Registry.
Nothing, didn't find it at all.

Can anyone help. Many thanks

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I think my IE 7.0 has been infected.

Whenever I boot up my PC, IE launches automatically. This has never
happened before.
Moreover, after IE loads up, it does not display my Homepage (My Yahoo).
Instead it displays
a page called Microsys that touts a list of antispyware crap.

I've uninstalled IE and reinstall it again. Didn't work.
I've used AVG, Spybot, Adware to scan and delete any rogue software
detected. Didn't work.

I've look at the Startup folder, as well as the Win.ini file but didnt
see any command to launch IE on bootup.

I used Regedit and search for the string "Microsys" in the Registry.
Nothing, didn't find it at all.

Can anyone help. Many thanks

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