ntsearch.com a nuisance

[Guest]

I just bought a new PC with XP and IE6.
With this, often when I click a link (whatever the site, that doesn't make any difference) I get re-directed to this ntsearch.com sucky nuisance thing I don't want and didn't ask for
How can I get rid of this damn thing?!

 

[Don Varnau]

Ntsearch is a coolwebsearch variant. CWShredder from
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html will remove it. See: CWS
Chronicles: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Security tips and other information at:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

More useful information at:
The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

Don
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MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

"Bevan" wrote in message

I just bought a new PC with XP and IE6.
With this, often when I click a link (whatever the site, that doesn't make

any difference) I get re-directed to this ntsearch.com sucky nuisance thing
I don't want and didn't ask for.

 

[Guest]

Like many others it sounds as if your homepage has been hijacked. Have you got a Firewall and an antivirus program installed? if not you will always have that happening to your computer. To get rid of Spyware download the following three free programs and then make sure you are protected
http://www.safer-networking.or
Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.co
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.or

 

[Guest]

Download Spoonweg http://lunatic-skydance.de/mr/mr-index.html special for ntsearc

----- Bevan wrote: ----

I just bought a new PC with XP and IE6.
With this, often when I click a link (whatever the site, that doesn't make any difference) I get re-directed to this ntsearch.com sucky nuisance thing I don't want and didn't ask for
How can I get rid of this damn thing?!

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much Don, Barney & Arnold for your advice
I've now installed Spybot SD, which found FORTY things it didn't like the look of (!!!!) and I removed them all
I also installed Sygate Personal Firewall, which is running fine after I spent a little time giving the various things it found, permission / denying permission, to operate

Now I've had a bit of a surf and the ntsearch.com hasn't come up again (thank God, it was a real nuisance) and another problem I was having (pages loading then instantly vanishing) has also gone (touch wood)

I am amazed that three complete strangers took the time to think about and offer advice, and grateful that so far, all is right again with my (brand new!!) computer

It's also amazing how fast (about 1 1/2 weeks) I collected 40 things that most, or all, of which, were insidious, unwanted, stole my privacy and caused problems

Regard
Beva

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much Barney. Please see my reply to all three of you (shown under Don Arnold).

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much Arnold. Please see my reply to all three of you (shown under Don Varnau).