Fake search engine took over

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Dan

When a nonexistant domain name is put in, (such as
www.javascript.internet.com) (the correct address doesn't
have the www), the browser used to go to msn search. Now
it goes to some fake search engine called "igetnet." On
my other computer, (both are running WinXP Pro with IE6)
msn search is still used. How do I restore the default?
 
Dan said:
When a nonexistant domain name is put in, (such as
www.javascript.internet.com) (the correct address doesn't
have the www), the browser used to go to msn search. Now
it goes to some fake search engine called "igetnet." On
my other computer, (both are running WinXP Pro with IE6)
msn search is still used. How do I restore the default?
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Browser hijacker parasite!
http://217.115.153.73/parasite/IGetNet.html

SpyBot Search and Destroy should remove it.
http://tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/

Ad-Aware is also a good "adware" remover.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Keep these things up to date as new nasties come along just like
viruses/worms.
Get a good HOSTS file to stop theses nasties.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

SpywareBlaster also stops these nasties.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
 
This is the parasite.

IGetNet
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/IGetNet.html

Problems: May cause IEXPLORE.EXE to hang whilst shutting down. You will also
be unable to contact the real auto.search.msn.com and search.netscape.com
directly whilst IGetNet is installed due to the Hosts file alterations.
'Enter Keyword or Web Address here' in the address bar.
 
H Leboeuf said:
This is the parasite.

IGetNet
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/IGetNet.html

Problems: May cause IEXPLORE.EXE to hang whilst shutting down. You will also
be unable to contact the real auto.search.msn.com and search.netscape.com
directly whilst IGetNet is installed due to the Hosts file alterations.
'Enter Keyword or Web Address here' in the address bar.
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Henri!

You're getting good at this Spyware stuff - Bravo! Keep it up...

ABT ;)


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