Stopping Unwanted Search engines

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Jerry

About a week ago, a search using the www.yahoo.com page
resulted in search results that displayed a brower page
showing a url called something
like "www.unipages.com/search..." Something in the yahoo
and the goole search pages now universally trigger this
search page with offensive, unacceptable links to stuff I
find completely objectionable.

Now I cannot do a search without getting the results
displayed in the url of this product which I canot get rid
of. There is a second web site associated with the serach
results, called "www.coolwebsearch.com" I have tried to
contact them for assistance, but have gotten no response.

How can I free my browseer from this unwanted activity by
the unipages.com url.

Jerry
(e-mail address removed)
8-6-2003
 
Jerry said:
About a week ago, a search using the www.yahoo.com page
resulted in search results that displayed a brower page
showing a url called something
like "www.unipages.com/search..." Something in the yahoo
and the goole search pages now universally trigger this
search page with offensive, unacceptable links to stuff I
find completely objectionable.

Now I cannot do a search without getting the results
displayed in the url of this product which I canot get rid
of. There is a second web site associated with the serach
results, called "www.coolwebsearch.com" I have tried to
contact them for assistance, but have gotten no response.

How can I free my browseer from this unwanted activity by
the unipages.com url.

Jerry
(e-mail address removed)
8-6-2003
Click to expand...

Get and run these four programs:
Ad-Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
and
Spybot - Search & Destroy -
http://security.kolla.de/
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download
http://spybot.eon.net.au/
http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/
and
BHO Demon: http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/
and
SpywareBlaster:
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html
 
Jerry,
Use the below (CWS Shredder) then Ad-Aware or SpyBot, then HijackThis:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
--
Check for Spyware | Adware | Parasites | Dialers | Hijackers | Trojans:
[Experienced Users]
SpyBot 1.2 [freeware] http://security.kolla.de/

Once installed make *sure* to update via online before scanning!
Fix the items labeled in red, items labeled in blue-green are optional.
Support Forum: http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi
How To: http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/

[Novice Users]
Ad-Aware [freeware] http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Once installed make *sure* to update via online before scanning!
Support Forum: http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/

[To double-check your system]
Go to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

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

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 8-07-03]
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