Unwanted favorites/home page

[Guest]

I use IE6 SR1 9.0.0.5414 and W2k

My home page seems to have been highjacked by either http://www.4.counter.com/?b.nec or http://icanfindit.net or (a new one today) http://search2.ad.shopnav.com. If I reset my home page to, say. Google, the next time I open IE it tries to load one of these sites as my home page despite the fact that I have added them all to my restricted sites and set security to HIGH

I also have about fifty unwanted and obscene additions to my favorites that I cannot seem to delete permanently. When I try to delete them, by the time I have worked my way half way through the list something has recreated the whole list again

How do I get rid of (a) all the unwanted favorites for ever and (b) how do I stop my home page from being highjacked?

 

[Guest]

It sounds like you either have a virus or something got
into your registry to me. Im on here asking questions
myself so Im not too knowledgeable about what to do,
because when that same thing happened to my friend's
family, they just reformatted the computer.

-----Original Message-----
I use IE6 SR1 9.0.0.5414 and W2kP

My home page seems to have been highjacked by either

http://www.4.counter.com/?b.nec or http://icanfindit.net
or (a new one today) http://search2.ad.shopnav.com. If I
reset my home page to, say. Google, the next time I open
IE it tries to load one of these sites as my home page
despite the fact that I have added them all to my
restricted sites and set security to HIGH.

I also have about fifty unwanted and obscene additions to

my favorites that I cannot seem to delete permanently.
When I try to delete them, by the time I have worked my
way half way through the list something has recreated the
whole list again.

How do I get rid of (a) all the unwanted favorites for

ever and (b) how do I stop my home page from being
highjacked?

 

[H Leboeuf]

This may be caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware, parasite).
Get AdAware and SpyBot and run them both. Keep them up to date.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm


These may also help if you need the CWS removal tool.

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Due to a new variant of CWS named "CWS.SmartKiller", many may have problems
accessing any spyware related sites if installed. A detection/removal tool
(delcwssk) is the miniremoval_coolwebsearch_smartkiller.exe by PepiMK and is
available at:
http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Due to many Spyware help sites being under a DDoS attack (Distributed Denial
of Service), they may/may not be accessible. You can download the latest
versions here:
http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Download/run Cool Web Shredder from:
http://www.merijn.org/

For Info on Cool Web Search Variants:
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Then download/install/run Ad-Aware to detect/rid of any other
parasites/spyware that may be installed. It can be obtained free from:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
After installing Ad-Aware, open it and click on the ref update to get the
latest up-to-date ref file, then run Ad-Aware and delete everything it
finds.

And/or download/install/run:
Spybot - Search & Destroy:
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download

If you still have problems, download/run HijackThis from:
http://www.merijn.org/
Do not remove anything with it until you get advice on what to remove,
HJThis will list many apps that are needed along with the bad ones. Read the
quick start here on how to create a log file that can be copied/pasted into
a forum that can provide assistance on removal of unwanted pests.
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/#quick


Then post the logs to an appropriate NG here where they specialize in
spyware/hijacker removal:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/

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Source: Brian A.

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I use IE6 SR1 9.0.0.5414 and W2kP

My home page seems to have been highjacked by either

http://www.4.counter.com/?b.nec or http://icanfindit.net or (a new one
today) http://search2.ad.shopnav.com. If I reset my home page to, say.
Google, the next time I open IE it tries to load one of these sites as my
home page despite the fact that I have added them all to my restricted sites
and set security to HIGH.

I also have about fifty unwanted and obscene additions to my favorites

that I cannot seem to delete permanently. When I try to delete them, by the
time I have worked my way half way through the list something has recreated
the whole list again.

How do I get rid of (a) all the unwanted favorites for ever and (b) how do

I stop my home page from being highjacked?