IE Homepage changing

[mike]

My Hompage keeps changing to a different search engine page when I start IE
up. Seems like I have downloaded somthing that is making IE do this, but
where do I look to find out whats doing it. BTW, there is a .dat file in
cookies that I can't get rid off - could this be it
TIA

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

My Hompage keeps changing to a different search engine page when I
start IE up. Seems like I have downloaded somthing that is making IE
do this, but where do I look to find out whats doing it. BTW, there
is a .dat file in cookies that I can't get rid off - could this be it
TIA

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each need to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.

If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[mike]

Tried the programs on that web site with no luck. using the programs I
discarded everything that I thought had something to do with IE and problem
persist.

 

[Guest]

Download Spybot S&D http://www.safer-networking.org/ *
Download Ad-aware http://lavasoft.element5.com/choose_language/ *
Download CWShredder http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip *

Protect your pc wit
SpywareBlaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html *
SpywareGuard http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.htm

* = Update the definition files within the program as the first step

Download Hijack This http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip
‘Please’ post your Hijack This Logs, in any of the following “Expert Forumsâ€
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showforum=2
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?s=853f186bf90302d57a6840f00475ff6b&showforum=3
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?s=1413794b9fe306155560c99576acc3a8&showforum=1
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?s=c0d583c0e136d2133506ec492cb6bd40&showforum=4
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1
http://boards.cexx.org/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=0b5c7c42dc70e12ffe32f4a0807ff6a
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/security,


----- mike wrote: ----

Tried the programs on that web site with no luck. using the programs
discarded everything that I thought had something to do with IE and proble
persist

 

[mike]

Thanks everyone for your input. Seems it may be sorted now - fingers
crossed.
CWShredder seemed to have cleared it up. There should be a law against
playing around with peoples computers...I'm pretty sure I haven't accepted
any files that would cause that.
Again thanks for all the help.

Download Spybot S&D http://www.safer-networking.org/ *=
Download Ad-aware http://lavasoft.element5.com/choose_language/ *=
Download CWShredder http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip *=

Protect your pc with
SpywareBlaster

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html *=

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Thanks everyone for your input. Seems it may be sorted now - fingers
crossed.
CWShredder seemed to have cleared it up. There should be a law against
playing around with peoples computers...I'm pretty sure I haven't
accepted any files that would cause that.
Again thanks for all the help.

CWShredder is one of the things the site I referred you to says to use.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

Download Spybot S&D http://www.safer-networking.org/ *=
Download Ad-aware
http://lavasoft.element5.com/choose_language/ *= Download CWShredder
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip *=

Protect your pc with
SpywareBlaster

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html *=

SpywareGuard http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html

* = Update the definition files within the program as the first step.

Download Hijack This http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip
'Please' post your Hijack This Logs, in any of the following "Expert
Forums" http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showforum=27

http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?s=853f186bf90302d57a6840f00475ff

6b&showforum=32

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?s=1413794b9fe306155560c99576acc3a8&s

howforum=11

http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?s=c0d583c0e136d2133506ec492cb6bd40&

showforum=44

http://boards.cexx.org/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=0b5c7c42dc70e12ffe32f4a0807ff6a

3
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/security,1


----- mike wrote: -----

Tried the programs on that web site with no luck. using the
programs I discarded everything that I thought had something to
do with IE and problem persist.

My Hompage keeps changing to a different search engine page

when I >> start IE up. Seems like I have downloaded somthing
that is making IE >> do this, but where do I look to find out
whats doing it. BTW, there >> is a .dat file in cookies that I
can't get rid off - could this be it >> TIA

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search

Engines > http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some

things the other > won't. Also, each need to be updated before
every use, even when just > downloaded. There's also a lot
more to do than just those two programs. >> If trying
everything at that site does not fix the problem please post
back > in the same thread.