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Browser Hijacked
Name: nealmjr Date: July 31, 2007 at 18:18:37 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro CPU/Ram: 2.8G/512M Product: Dell Dim 2400
Comment:
Multiple browser windows popup and take over Internet Explorer. Disabled System Restore, rebooted to safe mode, ran CWShredder, ran Spybot, ran HJT, ran McAfee. Any help is appreciated!
Name: vipergg Date: August 1, 2007 at 15:44:25 Pacific
Reply:
Run spybot , turn on advanced mode and under tools them go to system startup and go thru that whole file and look to see if there are things starting that shouldn't be . You can highlight each line and to the right it will tell what it is and if it is needed or not and even if it was put there by a trojan or other malware.
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Response Number 2
Name: nealmjr Date: August 2, 2007 at 11:32:01 Pacific
Summary: I haven't seen this one anywhere on the web so far, and it's worth a warning. Yesterday my browser (IE 6) was hijacked by a web site that calls itself "Iwantsearch." It put a new toolbar at the t...
Summary: Most browser hijackers get into the computer through Active X, so ZA won't stop them. I suggest you d/l and run CWShredder since the CoolWebSearch seems to be pretty prevalent now. If it's something ...
Summary: Hello- I am yet another victim of browser hijacking and am stumped as to how to get rid of this virus. I already have Spybot and Adaware and Stinger and none of those applications were able to detect ...
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