searchclickads

[Guest]

When I use Internet Explorer 6.0, almost any website I go to ends up at the
following website:

http://www.searchclickads.net/adware/php-bin/redirect/redirect.php?q=h

How do I disable this?

 

[Poprivet]

When I use Internet Explorer 6.0, almost any website I go to ends up
at the following website:

http://www.searchclickads.net/adware/php-bin/redirect/redirect.php?q=h

How do I disable this?

1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties
window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs

Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button
called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches,
then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over
the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left
by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed
on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there
Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable
them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit or you can send
them here in your next post) and click [OK] to confirm your Changes.

Click on Advanced Tab and scroll down under the browsing option and
uncheck this box:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) and click Apply
then OK to close your IE Properties.


= Open the Windows
Explorer and locate this path:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc = look in the Right Pane/window for
this file called the HOSTS file but not the one with the extension
*.SAM* leave this as is.
If you can't see it try to click Tools >> Folder Options and select
show Hidden files and folder, then right Click the Hosts file and
select open with Notepad.
There see any reference for that site and remove it, you Hosts file
will looks like this:
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # Source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # Client Host
127.0.0.1 LocalHost
------------------------------------------
Remove all other References other than those above.

Run disk Clean Up and Defrag in safe mode, then Open run command and
type in: sfc /scannow click [OK]
Note the space between sfc_/
HTH.
Let us know.
Regards,
nass

Nass; wouldn't it be better to do a cleaning with anti spyware tools? Lots
more straight forward, IMO. Or is there something I'm not aware of going on
here?

Regards,

Pop`

 

[Guest]

When I use Internet Explorer 6.0, almost any website I go to ends up
at the following website:

http://www.searchclickads.net/adware/php-bin/redirect/redirect.php?q=h

How do I disable this?

1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties
window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs

Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button
called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches,
then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over
the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left
by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed
on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there
Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable
them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit or you can send
them here in your next post) and click [OK] to confirm your Changes.

Click on Advanced Tab and scroll down under the browsing option and
uncheck this box:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) and click Apply
then OK to close your IE Properties.


= Open the Windows
Explorer and locate this path:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc = look in the Right Pane/window for
this file called the HOSTS file but not the one with the extension
*.SAM* leave this as is.
If you can't see it try to click Tools >> Folder Options and select
show Hidden files and folder, then right Click the Hosts file and
select open with Notepad.
There see any reference for that site and remove it, you Hosts file
will looks like this:
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # Source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # Client Host
127.0.0.1 LocalHost
------------------------------------------
Remove all other References other than those above.

Run disk Clean Up and Defrag in safe mode, then Open run command and
type in: sfc /scannow click [OK]
Note the space between sfc_/
HTH.
Let us know.
Regards,
nass

Nass; wouldn't it be better to do a cleaning with anti spyware tools? Lots
more straight forward, IMO. Or is there something I'm not aware of going on
here?

Regards,

Pop`

Hi Pop`,
If the Malware infection is not that sever, clean up manually can rid of it
easily, and even sometimes sever or Viral malware need manual removal for the
residue left behind and the Anti-malware app didn't remove it, like entries
in the Hosts file and some Keys in the registry you need to weed for this
Pop` .
I Have been through lots of scenarios where you put up your sleeves and
delete manually ( but extra care should be taken when you delete, if you are
not sure leave alone or search the net).
Here a link for anti-malware:
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
Thanks Pop`,
nass
===
www.nasstec.co.uk

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

When I use Internet Explorer 6.0, almost any website I go to ends up at
the
following website:

http://www.searchclickads.net/adware/php-bin/redirect/redirect.php?q=h

How do I disable this?

That's malware installed on your machine. Do a thorough check for malware,
following all of the steps at one of these Web pages.
Help with malware:
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing Messenger Plus, whose ads for
malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince you that you
owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see
what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure
of.