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browser hijacker
Name: thomasbinley Date: January 16, 2005 at 14:42:48 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 2gh/256
Comment:
When i open up my web browser it changes from google to about:blank and windows keep popping up headed Network administrator important notice. I have tried cwshredder and hijack this but still about:blank keep on changing the web browser. Any ideas on how to fix this?. Regards Tom
Name: TheLegend Date: January 16, 2005 at 14:59:45 Pacific
Reply:
get Microsoft Antispyware, this first version of Microsoft's antispyware software. It scans and removes spyware and also it restores setting for Internet Explorer if your browser got hijacked.
OS: Win XP Pro SP2 CPU: Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M Speed: 1600+ at 1.40GHz Ram: 256MB of RAM
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Response Number 2
Name: Mike40 Date: January 17, 2005 at 12:34:12 Pacific
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I tried microsoft and several other removal spywear tools and to date nothing has worked. we need a special fix for this
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Response Number 3
Name: Abnormal Date: January 17, 2005 at 13:39:26 Pacific
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There are special help forums that can help.
ASAP stands for the Alliance of Security Analysis Professionals.
With sites where log readers hang.
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Response Number 4
Name: thomasbinley Date: January 18, 2005 at 14:11:11 Pacific
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Thank you guys for your replys. I have solved the problem by downloading Mozilla Firefox and using that as my browser. But i assume that the original bug is still on my pc somewhere. Can leave this bug or do i still need to get rid of it.
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Response Number 5
Name: Abnormal Date: January 19, 2005 at 13:40:19 Pacific
Reply:
The nasty files are still your box, keep using Firefox but get IE cleaned up.
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