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Jim
I have an XP computer that is infected with adware. The adware redirects
search results that are clicked on to ad sites. The adware also blocks
access to computer security web sites (URLs) that are entered into the IE
browser URL box by either blocking them (site cannot be found) or capturing
them and presenting the results as search results, which, when clicked on
bring up ads. For confirmation of this by another person see "Browser
hijack, blocked from security sites" at
http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/lofiversio...hp/t121380.html . The adware
also apparently blocks system restore, even when antivius is turned off and
system is restarted in safe mode. I can select a date for the restore point
but when I get to the Confirm Restore Point Selection and press "Next"
nothing happens. This problem is confirmed by another user at
http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1051204.htm (Thread: System
Restore does not work). Can anything be done short of professional repair,
as response to that post indicate?
Thanks.
search results that are clicked on to ad sites. The adware also blocks
access to computer security web sites (URLs) that are entered into the IE
browser URL box by either blocking them (site cannot be found) or capturing
them and presenting the results as search results, which, when clicked on
bring up ads. For confirmation of this by another person see "Browser
hijack, blocked from security sites" at
http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/lofiversio...hp/t121380.html . The adware
also apparently blocks system restore, even when antivius is turned off and
system is restarted in safe mode. I can select a date for the restore point
but when I get to the Confirm Restore Point Selection and press "Next"
nothing happens. This problem is confirmed by another user at
http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1051204.htm (Thread: System
Restore does not work). Can anything be done short of professional repair,
as response to that post indicate?
Thanks.