spyware

[Guest]

My home page keeps getting redirected to about:blank, and then when I try to
browse I am redirected to a "windows help center" which is clearly bogus. I
have run both Spybot and Lavasoft on my pc but it continues to happen. I
also increased my security to "high" and am prompted for cookies but I still
can't get rid of this thing. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

My home page keeps getting redirected to about:blank, and then when I
try to browse I am redirected to a "windows help center" which is
clearly bogus. I have run both Spybot and Lavasoft on my pc but it
continues to happen. I also increased my security to "high" and am
prompted for cookies but I still can't get rid of this thing. Any
help would be appreciated.

How to remove Coolwebsearch and affiliates
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch

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[Guest]

I got this fix from McAfee and it worked - at least for the moment:

To help resolve your issue, please follow the steps below.
1. Please copy and paste the URL into the address bar of a new browser and
then click on 'Go'. http://www.geocities.com/naimcafee/redirect.zip
2. It will give you a file download window, then click onthe Save button and
save it in your Desktop. 3. Highlight the downloaded zip file. Right click on
it and select 'Extract All' and just follow the extracting wizard. 4. It will
give you a DOS prompt window that will immediately close. 5. Right click the
Internet Explorer icon in your Desktop. 6. Click on Properties. 7. On the
General Tab, under Home page type in your desired default homepage. 8. Click