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Name: JoeSchmo
Date: May 9, 2004 at 10:02:54 Pacific
Subject: Homepage keeps changing!!
OS: Win Me
CPU/Ram: 112 MB
Comment:

guys, need ur help!!

my homepage keeps changing from my usual homepage to this one
http://best-omega-searches.com/

even after i reset it to my original homepage it goes back to the one above after i reboot my machine. i definitely have a virus, but Norton anti-virus doesnt seem to come up with anything.
do i have a trojan?

What do i do please help!!

Thanks


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Response Number 1
Name: David M Bell
Date: May 9, 2004 at 11:08:21 Pacific
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Its not likely that you have either a virus or a trojan. Its more likely you have an adware or spyware program on your machine. Try running an ad-aware and spybot scan and check msconfig to see if anything strange is loading up at startup.


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Response Number 2
Name: code479
Date: May 10, 2004 at 02:42:39 Pacific
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I have to agree with above i do not think that you have a virus either i think that you have a browser hijacker of something.
Run Hijackthis and post the results i will give a quick look for you.


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Response Number 3
Name: crazyoli
Date: May 10, 2004 at 07:04:01 Pacific
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hi code479,

i just wondered how do you read the Hijackthis result?

I mean all can run Hijackthis but not all can find out if there is anything wrong or if there is where it is.

can you tell me the secret so that i can do the reading of my own and can find it out myself?


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Response Number 4
Name: code479
Date: May 11, 2004 at 02:39:41 Pacific
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Hi Crazyoli
To learn the meaning and how to read hijack this logs have a look here very good for starting off with you will have a idea what to look for after this,Most important tool i use for troubleshooting is www.google.com
any here is the link
http://hjt.wizardsofwebsites.com/


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Response Number 5
Name: crazyoli
Date: May 11, 2004 at 07:59:26 Pacific
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thanks code


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Response Number 6
Name: Terri Kaduck
Date: May 11, 2004 at 16:33:04 Pacific
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This homepage hijacker bug has been out since April 14th. It mutated 4 times before it got the best of me. I was told by a tech just the other day that this is a nasty one to kick. I finally formatted after 3 different homepage (searchpages) took over and the last straw was a big yellow popup coming up every 10 seconds telling me my computer was infected with spyware!! I finally formatted.


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