Internet Explorer Opens A Serach Engine

[Guest]

Whenever i start internet explorer it takes me to a search engine. i Hav tried to remove this entry from the home page section on tools menu and also from the registry but it again comes back. Can some one suggest how do i get rid of these entries that come again and again inspite of removing them from the registry ??

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Whenever i start internet explorer it takes me to a search engine. i
Hav tried to remove this entry from the home page section on tools
menu and also from the registry but it again comes back. Can some one
suggest how do i get rid of these entries that come again and again
inspite of removing them from the registry ??

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

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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[Guest]

I corrected the behaviour by using a too from the following ur

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zi

It cleaned IE settings and the i dont hav the problem anymore.