Websites being directed to this porn websites

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Bryan

My problem is that some program seems to have installed
into the IE. Whenever I change the website address, this
pop-up advert will open as a new window. I also get
a "SpiderSearch.com Toolbar" which appear underneath the
website address bar. I cannot get rid of this. And, the
worst, some offensive thumbnail pic links appear in some
areas of any websites. Also, there are two folders in
the Favourites (which I never added) called "Fabourites"
and "Gambling" re-appear everytime after I have deleted
them. Any solutions much appreciated!
 
B

Bill

Bryan,
Try looking for a additional program(s)that have been
installed in the Add/Remove programs panel. This is
located in the Control Panel platte. Open the Add/Remove
programs panel and carefully look for any strange
programs that have been added to your system. Be careful
not to delete necessary programs.
Bill
 
W

war17

A Search site has downloaded something into your computer.

1. If you have Windows Messenger Service, disable it. The Messenger service
is typically not needed for home users.

Right-click My Computer and click Manage.
Fold out the Services and Applications option and click Services.
Right-click the Messenger entry, select Properties, and choose Disable under
Startup Type.
Click OK.

You should no longer receive messages sent via the messenger service.

2. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CWShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/cwshredder.html

3. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.

4. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php

Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.

5. For future preventive maintenance, make sure programs cannot just
download on your computer without your permission. From the Internet
Toolbar, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Make sure "Enable
Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)" and "Enable Install On Demand
(Other)" are unchecked.
 
G

Guest

You've been hijacked. It happened to me so here's what I
was told to do., and what I've done many times
....
First jot down the address of the hijacker. It will be in
your address window when you open your browser. Next use
ctrl-alt-delete to again identify the hijacker and stop it
from running. Highlight it and click on "end task".
However, it will probably reinstall itself whenever you
reboot or during browsing unless you do a few things.

1. Clean out your cookies. It probably has a cookie
planted in your machine.
2. Using freeware programs you can download like Spybot
and Ad-Aware, clean out your computer of all adware and
spyware, which is what hijacked your computer.
3. Download Spysweeper from Webroot. There is a 30 day
free trial, but after 30 days I now pay for the service
($40 for two years) because it finds things that Spybot
and Ad-aware miss. It will also clean out spy programs,
including changes they make to your registry, which is why
the thing re-implants itself with every reboot. Spyware
also has an alert that you can turn on so whenever someone
tries to hijack your browser, it asks if you want your
search engine changed.

Lastly, in Internet Explorer, go into Tools, Internet
options. In the privacy tab, go into edit and put in the
address that you copied from the hijacker. Mark it
as "block" so they can't implant any more cookies.

There's a lot of people with nothing to do but mess us up,
aren't there?

Good luck.

Lois
 

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