Internet Explorer is malfunctioning

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My Internet Explorer is malfunctioning. When you open a new window, it alway goes to www.magicsearch.ws even after you just changed the home page. If you try to go to any website (example: www.yahoo.com) it goes to www.magicsearch.ws every single time. The only way to actually use the internet is to write part of the website and then click on the options that appear bellow. Also in favorites there are 6 links that appeared. I deleted them endless times and the reappear in no time. McAfee scan doesn't find anything. Adaware (a really good spyware search and destroy program) finds 18 files called Internet Explorer Sabotage Attempt every time you scan even after you delete them. I erased my cookies and temporary files. Nothing works!!!!! Somebody please help me.
 
You definitly have adware/malware on your computer.
There is 2 free programs which you can get from www.cnet.com. First Spybot
Search and Destroy ( this is a free full version. Second Adaware ( This is
not a full version but does the trick) Just type in those names in the cnet
search and scroll down to downloads.
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Jaks http://www.askhow.net
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Guy said:
My Internet Explorer is malfunctioning. When you open a new window, it
Click to expand...
alway goes to www.magicsearch.ws even after you just changed the home page.
If you try to go to any website (example: www.yahoo.com) it goes to
www.magicsearch.ws every single time. The only way to actually use the
internet is to write part of the website and then click on the options that
appear bellow. Also in favorites there are 6 links that appeared. I
deleted them endless times and the reappear in no time. McAfee scan doesn't
find anything. Adaware (a really good spyware search and destroy program)
finds 18 files called Internet Explorer Sabotage Attempt every time you scan
even after you delete them. I erased my cookies and temporary files.
Nothing works!!!!! Somebody please help me.
 
One useful bit of software not mentioned by Jaks is "Hijack This".
Instructions for this software are below (as posted by somebody else in
response to a problem I had). It will show you a lot of details about IE. In
my case, I was able to recognize the problem (an extra toolbar) and delete
it.

IBill Edelstein
Schenectady, NY

-----Original Message-----

Hi William,

Download the utility CWshredder:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

Unzip - close *all* instances of IE & OE, hit the executable and
follow
the prompts.

You can also download Hijack This from here:

http://www.mjc1.com/files/merijn/hijackthis.exe

Go here:
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

For instructions on how to use it; you have to post the log it
produces so experts tell you what is good and what is malware


Try downloading, installing and updating the
spyware removers from the links below. Run both of them.

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download


If these don't correct the problem, then get yourself a copy of
BHODemon, available at
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm .

It does not need installing - simply unzip and run the EXE program. It
is easy to use. It will find the hijackware DLL files, and give you
the ability to disable them.

Good luck, hope this helps.
 
Guy said:
My Internet Explorer is malfunctioning. When you open a new window, it
Click to expand...
alway goes to www.magicsearch.ws even after you just changed the home page.
If you try to go to any website (example: www.yahoo.com) it goes to
www.magicsearch.ws every single time. The only way to actually use the
internet is to write part of the website and then click on the options that
appear bellow. Also in favorites there are 6 links that appeared. I
deleted them endless times and the reappear in no time. McAfee scan doesn't
find anything. Adaware (a really good spyware search and destroy program)
finds 18 files called Internet Explorer Sabotage Attempt every time you scan
even after you delete them. I erased my cookies and temporary files.
Nothing works!!!!! Somebody please help me.
===============================================================
One useful bit of software not mentioned by Jaks is "Hijack This".
Instructions for this software are below (as posted by somebody else in
response to a problem I had). It will show you a lot of details about IE. In
my case, I was able to recognize the problem (an extra toolbar) and delete
it.

IBill Edelstein
Schenectady, NY

-----Original Message-----

Hi William,

Download the utility CWshredder:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

Unzip - close *all* instances of IE & OE, hit the executable and
follow
the prompts.

You can also download Hijack This from here:

http://www.mjc1.com/files/merijn/hijackthis.exe

Go here:
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

For instructions on how to use it; you have to post the log it
produces so experts tell you what is good and what is malware


Try downloading, installing and updating the
spyware removers from the links below. Run both of them.

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download


If these don't correct the problem, then get yourself a copy of
BHODemon, available at
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm .

It does not need installing - simply unzip and run the EXE program. It
is easy to use. It will find the hijackware DLL files, and give you
the ability to disable them.

Good luck, hope this helps.
 
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