It does seem strange that a hijacker would send you to
msn.com but who really knows?
Good luck.
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| I might indeed have a hijacker adware, though it did occur
right after
| downloading an AdAware update. Why would it take me to
MSN? Also, this
| happened once before, again right after downloading an
AdAware update, with
| the same thing, that is, unchecking the IE homepage
protector on SpyBot.
|
in message
| | > You may have a hijacker Adware, rather than the program
from
| > Lavasoft Ad-Aware.
| > The paid Pro version of Ad-Aware can block hijacking
(the
| > free version I run doesn't).
| >
| > The free SpyBot S&D v. 1.3.5 does have the homepage
hijack
| > protection.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | I just installed the new SpyBot (1.3). Hoped it would
be
| > immune to
| > | AdAware's attempts to disable home page protection.
It
| > wasn't. I ran
| > | AdAware and the new realtime module of SpyBot detected
| > continuous attempts
| > | to change the home page. As soon as I rejected one in
| > SpyBot, another came
| > | through. Had to disconnect the cable, and restore
| > protection in SpyBot.
| > |
| > | It seems that I cannot run AdAware until they fix this
| > bug.
| > |
| > | "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm>
wrote
| > in message
| > | | > | > That is what was happening with my wife's W98
computer,
| > | > redirect to MSN.com. Ad-Aware detected two
"possible
| > hijack
| > | > attempts" and they were deleted using Ad-Aware.
However
| > | > after rebooting the hijack was still there.
| > | > Installed SpyBot 1.3.5 from
www.majorgeeks.com [link
at
| > | > Spyware Tools] after not being able to get to the
| > | > Safer-Networking site (the cgi limit) is probably
that
| > their
| > | > ISP has shut them down because of too much traffic.
| > | >
| > | > SpyBot did detect several (10) hostile items
including
| > CWS
| > | > and others. It removed them and it seems to be fine.
I
| > also
| > | > ran the "repair IE" that W98 has in add/remove
programs
| > | > because I was getting an unstable computer, crashing
| > even
| > | > when clicking the START button.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > The people think the Constitution protects their
rights;
| > | > But government sees it as an obstacle to be
overcome.
| > | >
| > | >
message
| >
| > | >
| >
| > | > | What is a CGI limit problem?
| > | > |
| > | > | I have found that since I updated AdAware two days
ago
| > it
| > | > seems to
| > | > | deactivate the 'Lock Browser Homepage' function of
| > SpyBot.
| > | > Has anyone else
| > | > | noticed this? I keep getting redirected to
Microsoft
| > | > Network as my
| > | > | homepage.
| > | > |
| > | > | "Jim Macklin"
<p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm>
| > wrote
| > | > in message
| > | > | | > | > | > SpyBot has a cgi limit problem at this time.
The
| > new
| > | > | > version of SpyBot S&D 1.3.5 is available at
| > | > | >
www.majorgeeks.com Look for the Spyware Tools
link
| > on
| > | > the
| > | > | > left sidebar.
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | > --
| > | > | > The people think the Constitution protects their
| > rights;
| > | > | > But government sees it as an obstacle to be
| > overcome.
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
message
| > | > | > | > | > | > | Hi
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Try all of the following programs to check for
and
| > | > delete
| > | > | > any spyware that
| > | > | > | might be on your system:
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Ad-Aware -
www.lavasoftusa.com
| > | > | > | Spybot -
http://www.safer-networking.org/
| > | > | > | CWShredder -
| > | > | >
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | --
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Will Denny
| > | > | > | MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | "mspink" <
[email protected]>
| > wrote
| > | > in
| > | > | > message
| > | > | > |
| > | >
| >
| > | > | > | | when i open the internet and have set my
home
| > page,
| > | > it
| > | > | > always changes to
| > | > | > |
| > C:\WINDOWS\trblmllppfp.htm#
http://my.search/bk1.php
| > | > | > | | can anyone help me keep the home page to
what i
| > want
| > | > it
| > | > | > to be
| > | > | > | |
| > | > | > | | thank you lots!
| > | > | > |
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
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