web address problem?

[brian]

Whenever I open up IE, I get an error message saying:

"Cannot find 'file:///c:/searchpage.html'"

Is there a way to "bring back" this file?

 

[Guest]

You don't want that file. It is a varient of the CoolWeb
Search Trogan. You need to get rid of it.

Here is a link for manual removal:
http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/
forum/11369.html

If you are not comfortable with manual removal, you
should go to one of the following forums where experts
will help you clean the (spyware/garbage) from your
system.

You will need both of these tools:

Hijack This -
http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe
CWShredder -
http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

Alternate Download sites:

Hijack This - http://tomcoyote.com/hjt
CW Shredder - http://aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip

Download Hijack This
Important Put Hijack in its own folder...it makes backups
of what is to be removed in case restore is needed.
(don't use a temp folder or the desktop...backups get
lost there. Click on the program and scan, DON'T FIX
ANYTHING, click save log. Post your log file to a forum
for help.

http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://computercops.biz/forums.html
http://forums.techguy.org/
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php

They will help you from there.

More helpful links to prevent furture infections:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
http://www.pestpatrol.com/
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.aumha.org/
http://secunia.com/
http://www.unwantedlinks.com/intro.htm