spyware on ie

[art]

spyware has taking over my search engine in ie and it
changes my homepage everytime i restart windows i've
tried to download norton and got a message stating that
some installation files were corrupt and i that needed to
download a new copy ....i dont know what installation
files r.what r they and how can i fix this problems with
my homepagesettings changing automatically

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Start by downloading Adaware and / or update Reference file from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
and use it to remove parasites.

What is the outcome after performing these tasks?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[oops!!]

Download, install and run (FIX) Cool Web Shredder:

http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip
http://radiosplace.com/
http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html

Use this registry fix:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/RepairTabs.reg
1) Restores the missing Tabs in IE (usually spyware related)
2) Unlocks the grayed-out Home Page section
3) Removes the Administrator message in Internet Options

After that, get Ad-Aware 6.0, Build 181 or later, here:
http://lavasoft.element5.com/support/download/
Update and run this regularly to get rid of most "spyware/hijackware" on
your machine. If it has to fix things, be sure to re-boot and rerun AdAware
again and repeat this cycle until you get a clean scan. The reason is that
it may have to remove things which are currently "in use" before it can then
clean up others.

Another excellent program for this purpose is SpyBot Search and Destroy
available here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download
I recommend using both normally.
After fixing things with SpyBot S&D, be sure to re-boot and rerun SpyBot
again and repeat this cycle until you get a clean "no red" scan. The reason
is that SpyBot sometimes has to remove things which are currently "in use"
before it can then clean up others.

Once you get this cleaned up, you might want to consider installing the
SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard here to help prevent this kind of thing from
happening in the future:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Prevents malware Active X installs.
SpyWare Blaster is not memory resident ... no CPU or memory load - but keep
it updated.
The latest version as of this writing will prevent installation or prevent
the malware from running if it is already installed, and it provides
information and fixit-links for a variety of parasites.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
Monitors for attempts to install malware.

Both very highly recommended.

Zee

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Zee - While I appreciate the compliment and have no objection to you
doing so, FYI it's generally considered a good practice in these newsgroups
to credit the person(s) who's post(s) you're copying when you are trying to
help someone.

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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In

 

[oops!!]

Jim,

I believe you had better opportunities to call my attention to that, but I
guess you have not been around too often.

I did mention your name when it was an exact copy and paste. Now it's only a
part of your comment but I will have no problems in rephrasing what's left
of your text.

Safe surfing.

Zee

 

[oops!!]

Jim,

And I would love to keep on reading your posts, but not on this subject,
please.


Zee