what is Flashlightsearch?

[rich weaver]

wheni type a word in my browser and then return i get
www.flashlightsearch.com which seems to be a bogus search
engine. MSN search used to come up. how can i change this?

rich

 

[war17]

Some website has hijacked your Search.

1. 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
CoolWebShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html

2. 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.

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

http://www.spywareinfo.com/program/hijackthis.html

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

4. 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.

 

[Guest]

Help, I've got the same problem. I've tried your
solutions and it still pops up.

 

[Don Varnau]

Try this link
http://www.internet-complaint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=16&showtopic=2

Then visit http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm for security tips and
other useful information.

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

Help, I've got the same problem. I've tried your
solutions and it still pops up.

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[H Leboeuf]

Probable cause this parasites.

MemoryMeter http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/m/memorymeter.asp
More:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.memorymeter.html
More: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100534.htm
More: http://sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.memorymeter.html