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Name: CLC
Date: December 5, 2004 at 12:06:00 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: 256
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My IE keeps getting hijacked by this-
http://www.find-everything.com/index.html
How do i remove it ive tried hijack this but it still re appears.
Thanks In ADVANCE




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Response Number 1
Name: likelystory
Date: December 5, 2004 at 17:16:44 Pacific
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You might try spybot search and destroy or adaware both are good free programs for this kind of thing.


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Response Number 2
Name: Ed in Texas.
Date: December 6, 2004 at 02:16:58 Pacific
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CLC, FWIW, your homepage is set in IE. Lots of folks don't seem to be aware of that. There are several things you need to be aware of in order to reset it sucessfully. First, get Spybot S & D. Reset your homepage the way you want it and THEN run Spybot. It has a feature called 'Immunize' which will lock your homepage and block any attempt(even yours!)to change it. Most of the time, home page gets reset by malware. Scan with Spybot(be sure to update first!). There is one other thing you need to consider. May not be your problem,but...be aware that ME and XP both have a feature called 'Restore'. A nasty (virus, spyware, etc) can hide there and since it is a 'Windows' file, Windows won't allow any alteration so long as it is active. The registry gets re-written on the next bootup and the last successful boot is used and since nasties don't count, the boot appears to be sucessful, thus a 'nasty' gets replicated.
The solution is simple (assuming that's the problem), TEMPORARILY disable Restore (in order to 'unprotect'), scan/clean, re-enable restore and try again. May have to reboot.
During the disable process, you will destroy ALL your restore points, thus some folks disagree with that fix, feeling that any restore point (even a corrupted one!) is better than none at all. You can sidestep that pitfall by creating a new restore point as soon as you have a clean machine. FWIW, I have used it on both ME & XP Pro with no lasting ill effects. Post is a little long winded,but...
HTH.
Ed in Texas.



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