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Name: Lesley Date: January 5, 2005 at 06:19:07 Pacific OS: XP Home + SP2 CPU/Ram: AMD1.3GHz\768Mb
Comment:
I have SP2 and am up to date with all the Security Patches
I have just been to a reputable Site ( www.tudogs.com) which I often go to and clicked on a particular Link to go to another Page on the same Site
Without warning Cool Web Search loaded itself onto my Computer
I was able to get rid of it with Adaware and then ran CW Shredder to make sure
All is now well - but I am wondering how it was able to Download itself.....
...is there some Security Setting on my IE that I should look at ?
Name: Dog Date: January 5, 2005 at 06:38:43 Pacific
Reply:
Site is full of wyciswyg cws, but only on some openings. Very suspicious. Saved by Firefox and all the other crap I have to run to surf. Bet they don't know about it.
D4Dog
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Response Number 2
Name: djpailo Date: January 5, 2005 at 10:16:08 Pacific
Reply:
Download CWshredder. I dont know where it is, but type it in google.
Summary: Cool Web Search has hijacked my IE browser. Adaware and Spybot do not completely fix the problem and the latest version of CWShredder does not fix it. Here is my HijackThis logfile: Logfile of Hijack...
Summary: My internet search is hijacked. First when i typed a search in the address bar, an unknown website would come up, sometimes perfectnav.com and other random names. Now when i search for something, not...
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