HELP with changing homepage

[stefanie]

My homepage keeps changing to a "Global-finder" search
engine type page, or some other one that keeps messing up
my computer! Then when I try to find out what the problem
is, my computer will go to that dark blue screen with
the "beginning memory dump now" sort of screen that I can
never get out of. Could I have a virus? If so how do I go
about fixing it, or do I just have to reformat my
computer?

 

[Mike Burgess]

Stefanie,
How to remove Coolwebsearch and affiliates
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch
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Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-30-03]
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[Ramesh]

Hi Stefanie,

Global-Finder (CoolWebSearch spyware). This is a trojan/spyware that hijacks
Internet Explorer start and search settings to one of several different web
sites

Download CoolWebSearch destroyer from here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

And download Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com and update it. It eliminates
for any other spyware, if present in the system.

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Regards,
Ramesh
AOL: SRamesh2k

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My homepage keeps changing to a "Global-finder" search
engine type page, or some other one that keeps messing up
my computer! Then when I try to find out what the problem
is, my computer will go to that dark blue screen with
the "beginning memory dump now" sort of screen that I can
never get out of. Could I have a virus? If so how do I go
about fixing it, or do I just have to reformat my
computer?