Can someone help me?

[Kari]

There is a website called fastsearc.cc that has somehow
gotten a hold of my URL address and can now change my home
page to fastsearch.cc anytime they want! I know how to
change it back to the one I want, but every few hours it
changes back to this fastsearch site. Does anyone know
how I can block them or prevent them from continuously
changing my start page? Thanks.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Try running AdAware first or SpyBot Search and Destroy on your computer to see if
that helps. I understand that there are new techniques that these two can not remove
as of now which may call for more drastic measures however. --- Steve

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
http://spybot.eon.net.au/
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm --- More advanced solutions that may involve
registry modification.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Kevin]

Are you using a firewall?
If they are coming in on a set IP then you can block that IP.

 

[IKE]

Just an FYI - I have someone that I help out with the same issue - I
ran ad-aware last night and did some registry editing on his system -
and this morning his home page was right back at the same address.
I'll be looking into it again - and will let you know if I find any
solution.

 

[IKE]

A follow-up - I found this thread which is full of info....

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...-8&[email protected]