IE6-clicking ANY link takes me to fastweb search

[Lorene]

HELP! I don't know how to stop this nor how I got here!
Pure luck. Every link I click on any website except
microsoft takes me to a search site called fast web. It
sets itself as my homepage and I can't stop it. Any ideas?
Thank you!

 

[PA Bear]

Most likely a CoolWebSearch variant. Download and run CWShredder.

CoolWebSearch Chronicles & CWShredder
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip

Checking your system for "hijackware":

Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each and every
use, even "right out of the box". But even then, they can't catch
everything. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957
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HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

MS04-004/02 Feb-04 Cumulative Patch for IE
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com