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[RH]

I have my home page set to www.msn.com.

Now whenever I start up explorer it defaults to:

res:mshp.dll/index.html#10213

It is a search engine page. I have tried to delete this
and also tried to set it as restricted but it keeps
comming back.

Any suggestions.

 

[DVarnau]

RH,
Download, update and run:
Ad-aware ... http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Spybot S&D ... http://www.safer-networking.org/

Additional information at:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Regards,
Don

 

[H Leboeuf]

Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
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If you get a 404 error or Access denied, try:
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Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates "hijackthis.log")

Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message.

HijackThis Quick Start Help
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

The Tutorial if you want to know more about the results or the .log file.
http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html