Inability to Connect to Google Home Page

[Philip D Smith]

Earlier today I noticed that whenever I tried to access
the Google homepage IE kept taking me to another website,
apparently the homepage for "maximumsearch.net." I have
run several virus scans and have come up with nothing. I
also downloaded a program (SpyHunter) to do a scan for
SpyWare. A preliminary scan showed that there were a
number of suspected files which should be removed.
However, when I attempted to download the full version of
this program I kept getting error messages. It seems
that something, perhaps a spyware program has overwritten
the website address for the Google homepage and disabled
multiple downloads for the anti-spyware application. I
also tried to block access to this "maximumsearch.net"
but I find that every website but "maximumsearch.net" is
blocked. I have tried to
contact "(e-mail address removed)" but have yet to
receive a reply. Any advice on how to fix this situation
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[bajanx]

i am currently having the same problem with newegg.com
ican't get on the site. I tried many thing even
reenstalling ie to no avail. What the hell is this?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Earlier today I noticed that whenever I tried to access
the Google homepage IE kept taking me to another website,
apparently the homepage for "maximumsearch.net." I have
run several virus scans and have come up with nothing. I
also downloaded a program (SpyHunter) to do a scan for
SpyWare. A preliminary scan showed that there were a
number of suspected files which should be removed.
However, when I attempted to download the full version of
this program I kept getting error messages. It seems
that something, perhaps a spyware program has overwritten
the website address for the Google homepage and disabled
multiple downloads for the anti-spyware application. I
also tried to block access to this "maximumsearch.net"
but I find that every website but "maximumsearch.net" is
blocked. I have tried to
contact "(e-mail address removed)" but have yet to
receive a reply. Any advice on how to fix this situation
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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