Internet Explorer hijack victim

[Wizard of Ozz]

Isn't there some simple procedure for erasing a hijack of the IE start
up page? I've searched on how to clean this stuff and they want me to
download programs to rid the hijackers. They need to identify each
hijack individually. Isn't there some place in the registry that tells
IE to execute so-and-so file on startup? How else would the hijack
work? If it's constantly executing, then it's a resident virus and I
should have picked it up normally with my anti-virus.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Have you tried all these programs to check for any spyware that may be on
your system:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://forum.aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip
Spy Sweeper - www.webroot.com

Try SpyWareBlaster to stop intrusions:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Also see the following links:

http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp

 

[Guest]

Spyware/Virus Removal and Prevention:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm
(Links to online virus scans on the same page)

Good Luck!