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tim6389 · Professional Member Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 790

hello

well i don't know how i go this but this homepage hijacker is really getting to me..i did a virus scan no virus found i have d/l a program called hijack this. that didn't fix it...i search the web for info on removing it nothing Sad

any one have any ideas how to clean this off?

thanks

vdsalchemist · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 4:10 pm Post subject:

Wow this is way off topic but you can goto http://www.safer-networking.org/ to get a free spyware remover that will clean that off your system.

tim6389 · Professional Member Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 790

sorry for off the topic i thought that miscellanceous i could post anything: )

yes i tried spybot that didn't help its still there Sad

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

Download Ad-aware : http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

See if that solves the problem. You may not have any adware, spyware or other malicious files on your PC but rather files left over from improper installation/uninstalls.

I would be pretty suspecious of downloading anything called 'hi jack' to begin with Wink

SnarlingSheep · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 4:59 pm Post subject:

Just FYI.
HiJack This is a program that will create a log of your system info, running processes, startup items, etc. to be sent to/posted for someone that can look it over and see what's on your system that shouldn't be(spyware).
Handy if you have someone to give it to that knows what to look for..but it doesn't remove anything for you I don't think.

You can't beat AdAware IMO, just make sure you update the spyware definitions just like you would an anti-virus.

tim6389 · Professional Member Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 790

i will try that program no the hijack this is a program that fixes homepage hijacking but it didn't work on this one Sad

tim6389 · Professional Member Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 790

SnarlingSheep - ya beat me to it.....that is what i was trying to say

tim6389 · Professional Member Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 790

well that program didn't clean it off Sad

this homepage hijacker is a tough one Sad

if any one has any more ideas please post

thanks

SnarlingSheep · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 5:25 pm Post subject:

I haven't seen anything that AdAware couldn't clean off..but I usually don't get alot of spyware/hijack programs.

First you should click "check for updates now" to make sure you have the latest definitions.

You might try using Custom Scanning Options if you aren't already:
Click Scan Now.
Select "Use custom scanning options".
Click Customize.
Check these:
Scan within Archives
Scan Active Processes
Scan registry
Deep scan registry
Scan my IE favorites for banned URLs
Scan my Hosts file
Also make sure you select all your harddrives to scan.
Then click Proceed and Next to start your scan.

If that doesn't get it either, you should try Spybot Search & Destroy from the link that mindpower posted.

tim6389 · Professional Member Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 790

ok i will try it that way...on a side note i tried spybot no go Sad

tim6389 · Professional Member Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 790

well i don't know what to do

that worked intill i reopen I.E up then it went back to it Sad

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

[quote]
hello

well i don't know how i go this but this homepage hijacker is really getting to me..i did a virus scan no virus found i have d/l a program called hijack this. that didn't fix it...i search the web for info on removing it nothing

any one have any ideas how to clean this off?
[quote]

Well you noted there i a problem with the software but never really told us what exactly the problem is. Please be more specific as to what is happening on your computer. Can you not surf certain sites, are popups showing up out of nowhere, are files on your system becoming deleted???

tim6389 · Professional Member Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 790

ahhh yea sorry about that pgware what i meant to say was this

I d/l a program that should fix the homepage hijaker bug i have but it didn't fix it....

good news tho that ad ware i think it fixed it i had a i.e window open i didn't see when i ran it...that is why it did it again ... i will find out more once i re-boot pc...

tim6389 · Professional Member Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 790

i did it again ( i'am not good at explaining things)....

problem that i was having is when i set my home page to like yahoo.com it would get chnage to search123 or whatever the name was..so i found on a web page a program called hijack this..this program scans reg, file,etc for virus (if you want to call it that) that can cuase this...i did check the files that shouldn't be on my pc. however it didn't fix the problem. BUT this ad ware seems to work i will find out more once i re-boot pc later...

sorry about not explaining it to well

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

More than likely you downloaded a program off the intenret (typically one of those security warning boxes from IE asking if you want to install some soft) and installed it. Theres some really nasty ones out that that will write tons of registry entries.

Theres another one called winshow, this one installs itself without any permission. It was due to an internet explorer exploit which allowed java code to execute without your permission thus installing an exe, and dll onto the target machine. What would then happen is the dll would execute each time you open a browser window (bho -browser helper object) and log where you visit and out of no where pop up ads on your computer.

Ad-aware will clean this up for you. Its a great piece of software and I highly recommend it.