Strange sites that set as default homepage

[Guest]

Hi,
Recently my IE 6 has been plagued with a certain website http://in.webcounter.cc/--/?ydtfs about blank and even the Search function appears as http://www.fastsearch.cc. I have tried to delete and restrict the sites but each time i restart my computer, whatever settings that i had set before (eg: homepage or default page as http://www.yahoo.com) would be gone and replaced by the fastsearch website. Even after i uninstalled and re-installed IE, the problem will appear after a couple of days. How do i change or set my registry to default windows settings. This appears to be a browser hijack, how can i prevent and rectify this problem? Pls help and email me! Thank
I am using windows 98 SE and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6..

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

It looks like a CWS variant. Download CWShredder from here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly, or You Cannot Change your Home Page Setting
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320159

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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Hi,
Recently my IE 6 has been plagued with a certain website http://in.webcounter.cc/--/?ydtfs about blank and even the Search function appears as http://www.fastsearch.cc. I have tried to delete and restrict the sites but each time i restart my computer, whatever settings that i had set before (eg: homepage or default page as http://www.yahoo.com) would be gone and replaced by the fastsearch website. Even after i uninstalled and re-installed IE, the problem will appear after a couple of days. How do i change or set my registry to default windows settings. This appears to be a browser hijack, how can i prevent and rectify this problem? Pls help and email me! Thanks
I am using windows 98 SE and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6..

 

[teun spaans]

you probably got a trojan.
go to www.cexx.org, and look for spyware removal tools.
Spybox worked fine for me.

-----Original Message-----
Hi,
Recently my IE 6 has been plagued with a certain website

http://in.webcounter.cc/%
2d%2d/?%79%64%74%66%73 about blank and even the Search
function appears as http://www.fastsearch.cc. I have
tried to delete and restrict the sites but each time i
restart my computer, whatever settings that i had set
before (eg: homepage or default page as
http://www.yahoo.com) would be gone and replaced by the
fastsearch website. Even after i uninstalled and re-
installed IE, the problem will appear after a couple of
days. How do i change or set my registry to default
windows settings. This appears to be a browser hijack,
how can i prevent and rectify this problem? Pls help and
email me! Thanks