Getting rid of lookfor.cc

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Joe Starin

Hello, group. Just wanted to "permanently" rid myself of the Web site
"lookfor.cc." It keeps forcing its way into my IE6 as the home page. Have
tried Ad-aware, Hijack This, AV scans but these only work temporarily. I can
change the home page back to my favorite using Tools / Options, but
lookfor.cc keeps coming back. Any help appreciated. Thanks. And Happy New
Year. Joe
 
Try running spybot...that should help.
Change your security and cookie settings to "High" to
prevent more scam to enter your machine. A firewall will
also help. Zonealarm from Zonelabs is free of chanrge and
very good !
 
Joe,

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Hello, group. Just wanted to "permanently" rid myself of the Web site
"lookfor.cc." It keeps forcing its way into my IE6 as the home page. Have
tried Ad-aware, Hijack This, AV scans but these only work temporarily. I can
change the home page back to my favorite using Tools / Options, but
lookfor.cc keeps coming back. Any help appreciated. Thanks. And Happy New
Year. Joe
 
Thanks JR and Ramesh: I'l try all of your suggestions. I already downloaded
and ran CWShredder -- it found three nasties. Second. I downloaded the MS
security patch suggested on Ramesh's Web site. Rebooted. Looks okay so far.
SpyBot is next. I'll post back with results. Thanks for the help. Happy New
Year. Joe

Joe,

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Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972
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Hello, group. Just wanted to "permanently" rid myself of the Web site
"lookfor.cc." It keeps forcing its way into my IE6 as the home page. Have
tried Ad-aware, Hijack This, AV scans but these only work temporarily. I can
change the home page back to my favorite using Tools / Options, but
lookfor.cc keeps coming back. Any help appreciated. Thanks. And Happy New
Year. Joe
 
Joe Starin said:
Hello, group. Just wanted to "permanently" rid myself of the Web site
"lookfor.cc." It keeps forcing its way into my IE6 as the home page. Have
tried Ad-aware, Hijack This, AV scans but these only work temporarily. I can
change the home page back to my favorite using Tools / Options, but
lookfor.cc keeps coming back. Any help appreciated. Thanks. And Happy New
Year. Joe
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Mr. Starin ;)

The CWShredder will do it for you. Clean-up with "Hijack This", just to be sure.
(My best guess it that's an un yet discover "CWS" cool web search affiliate.
Get them all here. http://www.merijn.org [the tools, that is :-)

Happy New Year to you and yours - all the best!

Regards,

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siljaline

MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
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Thanks for the reply, siljaline. And thanks for all your troubleshooting
help this past year. Best of the New Year to you, as well. Joe

siljaline said:
Joe Starin said:
Hello, group. Just wanted to "permanently" rid myself of the Web site
"lookfor.cc." It keeps forcing its way into my IE6 as the home page. Have
tried Ad-aware, Hijack This, AV scans but these only work temporarily. I can
change the home page back to my favorite using Tools / Options, but
lookfor.cc keeps coming back. Any help appreciated. Thanks. And Happy New
Year. Joe
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Mr. Starin ;)

The CWShredder will do it for you. Clean-up with "Hijack This", just to be sure.
(My best guess it that's an un yet discover "CWS" cool web search affiliate.
Get them all here. http://www.merijn.org [the tools, that is :-)

Happy New Year to you and yours - all the best!

Regards,

--
siljaline

MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
______________________

(Reply to group, as return address
is invalid - that we may all benefit)
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One more thing, silj: What do you make of a BHO singled out by Hijack This.
In my Program Files folder is a folder named "Submit" that contains three
files: submithook.dll; uninstall.exe; and uninstall.ini. The DLL file is an
"application extrension." I also have a new program showing in Add/Remove
programs named "Submit URL." Sounds funny. Google not much help. Thanks.

Joe Starin said:
Thanks for the reply, siljaline. And thanks for all your troubleshooting
help this past year. Best of the New Year to you, as well. Joe

I
can


Mr. Starin ;)

The CWShredder will do it for you. Clean-up with "Hijack This", just to
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be
sure.
(My best guess it that's an un yet discover "CWS" cool web search affiliate.
Get them all here. http://www.merijn.org [the tools, that is :-)

Happy New Year to you and yours - all the best!

Regards,

--
siljaline

MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
______________________

(Reply to group, as return address
is invalid - that we may all benefit)
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Post your HT files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis. Do not post them here.
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HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

Joe said:
One more thing, silj: What do you make of a BHO singled out by Hijack
This. In my Program Files folder is a folder named "Submit" that contains
three files: submithook.dll; uninstall.exe; and uninstall.ini. The DLL
file is an "application extrension." I also have a new program showing in
Add/Remove programs named "Submit URL." Sounds funny. Google not much
help. Thanks.

Joe Starin said:
Thanks for the reply, siljaline. And thanks for all your troubleshooting
help this past year. Best of the New Year to you, as well. Joe

siljaline said:
Hello, group. Just wanted to "permanently" rid myself of the Web site
"lookfor.cc." It keeps forcing its way into my IE6 as the home page.
Have tried Ad-aware, Hijack This, AV scans but these only work
temporarily. I can change the home page back to my favorite using
Tools / Options, but lookfor.cc keeps coming back. Any help
appreciated. Thanks. And Happy New Year. Joe


Mr. Starin ;)

The CWShredder will do it for you. Clean-up with "Hijack This", just to
be sure. (My best guess it that's an un yet discover "CWS" cool web
search affiliate. Get them all here. http://www.merijn.org [the tools,
that is :-)

Happy New Year to you and yours - all the best!

Regards,

--
siljaline

MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
______________________

(Reply to group, as return address
is invalid - that we may all benefit)
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I agree,
It's a hijacker. {2E9CAFF6-30C7-4208-8807-E79D4EC6F806} BHO Submithook.dll

Please keep us informed as to which parasite was the culprit.




PA Bear said:
Post your HT files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis. Do not post them here.
--
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

Joe said:
One more thing, silj: What do you make of a BHO singled out by Hijack
This. In my Program Files folder is a folder named "Submit" that contains
three files: submithook.dll; uninstall.exe; and uninstall.ini. The DLL
file is an "application extrension." I also have a new program showing in
Add/Remove programs named "Submit URL." Sounds funny. Google not much
help. Thanks.

Joe Starin said:
Thanks for the reply, siljaline. And thanks for all your troubleshooting
help this past year. Best of the New Year to you, as well. Joe


Hello, group. Just wanted to "permanently" rid myself of the Web site
"lookfor.cc." It keeps forcing its way into my IE6 as the home page.
Have tried Ad-aware, Hijack This, AV scans but these only work
temporarily. I can change the home page back to my favorite using
Tools / Options, but lookfor.cc keeps coming back. Any help
appreciated. Thanks. And Happy New Year. Joe


Mr. Starin ;)

The CWShredder will do it for you. Clean-up with "Hijack This", just to
be sure. (My best guess it that's an un yet discover "CWS" cool web
search affiliate. Get them all here. http://www.merijn.org [the tools,
that is :-)

Happy New Year to you and yours - all the best!

Regards,

--
siljaline

MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
______________________

(Reply to group, as return address
is invalid - that we may all benefit)
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