hijacked default to searchmadesafe.net

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Joel Patenaude

Anyone have any experience with a website called
searchmadesafe.net? It has somehow installed itself as my
default search engine -- HP tech support (the OEM I am
stuck with) has no answers. I can't reset the search
page. It is not a catastrophe, just annoying. Any help
send a note to me at (e-mail address removed). Thanks -- J
Patenaude
 
ELLJE said:
do a search for a program called SPYBOT, it's shareware
and should remove the hijacker's code
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SpyBot Search and Destroy is freeware.
it worked for me.... you can also purchase a upgraded
version , that worth it
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I have never heard of a shareware nor purchase upgrade to SpyBot.
hope it work-I know it will) - also a program called
ADAWARE works well with it
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Ad-Aware does work well.
 
Anyone have any experience with a website called
searchmadesafe.net? It has somehow installed itself as my
default search engine -- HP tech support (the OEM I am
stuck with) has no answers. I can't reset the search
page. It is not a catastrophe, just annoying. Any help
send a note to me at (e-mail address removed). Thanks -- J
Patenaude
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That's an adware/spyware parasite!
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/BrowserAid.html

You may be able to remove this pest with Ad-aware or SpyBot Search & Destroy.

Ad-aware here: http://www.lavasoft.de/res/aaw6.exe
Ad-aware home: http://www.lavasoftusa.com

SpyBot: http://studserver.uni-dortmund.de/~su1669/spybotsd12.exe
SpyBot home: http://security.kolla.de/
SpyBot How-to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT

If no joy, use this utility: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
More info on Hijack This: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html

HTH


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"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
 
-----Original Message-----
Anyone have any experience with a website called
searchmadesafe.net? It has somehow installed itself as my
default search engine -- HP tech support (the OEM I am
stuck with) has no answers. I can't reset the search
page. It is not a catastrophe, just annoying. Any help
send a note to me at (e-mail address removed). Thanks -- J
Patenaude
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Jim Byrd has the answer; find his post. He sent me to
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http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip
http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm

It takes time but it really works!

If you see Jim tell him I said thanks.

Larry
 
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