Posted: 6/18/2004 7:06:15 PM EDT
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i have been hijacked, every time i use my computer iot has a different home page than arfcom it is always the same page when i change my homepage, it changes back, and i am getting a ton of popups i have run spybot adaware spyware doctor xoftspy what do i do now |
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! I have the exact same problem. My home page is being set as some stupid search engine. THis is the site-url; www.icanfindit.net/?aid=1022 |
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Try HijackThis. www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html It may be a little difficult to use, but it saved my butt. Just follow the intructions to the letter and it should work. HTH |
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This is my first message, I am a new member I have an answer for you, do a search for "IE Restrictions" Its a piece of software that will remove the configurations fixed into your browser. It should do the trick. There is also another software called CWShredder USe IE Restrcitions first -that reall should do it for you Tom |
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Prevents spyware from being installed in the freaking first place... SPYWAREBLASTER Good stuff. |
| I had a browser hijaking problem. I used adaware and spybot to no avail. I hit Ctrl + Alt + Del and looked at the processes I had running. I noticed one that shouldn't be there and did a file search for it. I also noticed that when I ended the process my browser wasn't hijaked any more. when I'd reboot my computer the process would start again and so would the hijaking. Then I deleted it. no problems since. |
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Hijackthis will only remove some of them. It will not be able to remove all of them. THe next program I use is CWShredder. It works pretty well at getting many of the programs. The last program I use is spybot. If you run al of these and know how to work hijackthis properly then it should get rid of any problems. |
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I go to tons of porn sites and have never gotten once of those dialers or anything else other than some pop ups. now I use Opera and I don't even get the pop ups. same with warez sites, never got anything from those either must be the particular porn sites
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Run adaware. Go to www.download.com and search for it. After you install it click the option to download the latest spyware definition file. Run it, reboot, then run it again. If you can't get something to stay gone IM me and I'll give you some tips. |
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If all else fails go to one of these forumns and ask for help: www.dslreports.com/forum/security www.computercops.biz/forum67.html&sid=f256cc16f07c1bc1ec2cf27a1038e742 |
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start->run type msconfig go to the startup tab and compare to the stuff listed here to see what is needed and what isn't, some are probably the hijacking programs www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm |
I tried Spybot, SpyKiller 2004, and installed Mozilla about a month ago. Spybot and Spykiller 2004 did jack. I don't use Mozilla because the download times are two or three times slower than my Windows 98 browser. And, the pictures take five-ten minutes to load, if they load at all. Psst, it did start doing this when I was looking at porn. 
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goto add/remove programs and look for any kind of browser helper software you could also post a picture of the results from hijackthis.exe and we could take a look for you. If you've used 6 different spyware/addware killers AND you've uninstalled any browser helpers from add/remove programs then you may need to wipe your system clean and do a reinstall. |
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The Opera Browser It's a simple as pie to install, no hijacking, no pop-ups, no java infected email .... you'll thank me later. Either that or try Mozilla/Firefox. |
| Unfortunately it's going to more involved than just running the suggested software (which are all very good, by the way). You'd have to find the registry keys and delete them and in some cases find the .dll files and get rid of those from safe mode. Some of these hi-jackers act like trojan viruses. I'm always dealing with this crap at my company because our company has been fairly loose in the internet usage policies. |