homepage hijacker

[shel.]

I seem to have picked up some sort of bug that continues
to change my homepage to a search engine. How can I get
rid of it. I have already installed Ad-aware 6, but
haven't found a fix.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

This has been a FAQ on this newsgroup. See this site for possible help and
more information:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#home_page

This is caused by a parasite/spyware/malware on your system:

Use Ad-Aware and/or Spybot Search & Destroy to remove it.

Ad-Aware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Spybot: http://security.kolla.de/
Good site on how to install and use Spybot -
http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/

More information here:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.spywareinfo.com/
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/ - runs a little script when loading page to
check for common parasites

You could also try HijackThis - download and use instructions here:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Then post it's output log to the forum here for analysis and feedback by the
parasite experts:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
Or the HijackThis Logs forum here: http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/

Also download, unzip and run this:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
More info here: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html


You may also want to check out StartPage Guard -
http://pjwalczak.com/spguard/index.php
StartPage Guard protects your PC from cyberscam, by monitoring status of
your internet browser StartPage and preventing it from any unauthorized
changes.

And to keep from having to manually edit the registry to unlock your
homepage settings, try this little script by Doug Knox, MS MVP:
http://www.dougknox.com/security/scripts_desc/nosethomepage.htm

More information here: http://www.cexx.org/hphijack.htm

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

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

Using ToolbarCop to remove the unwanted Toolband, Toolbar Icons and BHO:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm
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I seem to have picked up some sort of bug that continues
to change my homepage to a search engine. How can I get
rid of it. I have already installed Ad-aware 6, but
haven't found a fix.