unwanted items added to favorites

[Harley]

When I use Microsoft Internet Explorer, unwanted favorites
are added to my favorites menue. I have antivirus
protection and Spybot search and destroy but I still get
unwanted favorites.

I am also having other problems. My home page keeps
resetting on it's own. I am able to change the home page
but when I log off and back on it returns to the same
setting, something about Pedo sites.

The next problem I am having is when I log on to my
computer, a shortcut is added to my desktop and start menu
for some porn site. It downloads a file (web site viewer0
to my program files. I can delete the file but it comes
back on the next log in.

The last problem is sometimes after logging in I get an
audio message that is a woman talking dirty in a sexy
voice. It asks you to press P on your keyboard to go to
their site.

I have tried several things and searched many FAQ's and I
can't fix these problems. I would much appreciate any help
for one or all of these problems.

If you have any solutions for me, please reply to my
email: (e-mail address removed) Thank you, Harley

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Harley,

It's a good idea to have Spybot S&D installed. But, have you updated it to the current definitions?
Also, acquire Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com

The Homepage change and the entire issue may be due to CoolWebSearch variants, which Spybot and Ad-Aware dont specialise removing them: See: Homepage changes unexpectedly:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm
[Download CoolWebSearch Shredder - CWShredder]

To prevent this from happening in future, visit MVP Mike Burgess' site here:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm


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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Popups.htm

Using ToolbarCop to remove the unwanted Toolband, Toolbar Icons and BHO:
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When I use Microsoft Internet Explorer, unwanted favorites
are added to my favorites menue. I have antivirus
protection and Spybot search and destroy but I still get
unwanted favorites.

I am also having other problems. My home page keeps
resetting on it's own. I am able to change the home page
but when I log off and back on it returns to the same
setting, something about Pedo sites.

The next problem I am having is when I log on to my
computer, a shortcut is added to my desktop and start menu
for some porn site. It downloads a file (web site viewer0
to my program files. I can delete the file but it comes
back on the next log in.

The last problem is sometimes after logging in I get an
audio message that is a woman talking dirty in a sexy
voice. It asks you to press P on your keyboard to go to
their site.

I have tried several things and searched many FAQ's and I
can't fix these problems. I would much appreciate any help
for one or all of these problems.

If you have any solutions for me, please reply to my
email: (e-mail address removed) Thank you, Harley