re: problem on internet
Tuesday, November 25, 2003 at 12:23 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by john
(16 messages posted)
Carol
many, Many thanks, problem now solved.
If you ever need anything let me know I am very very
grateful
John Fitzgibbon - Sydney Australia
On Monday, November 24, 2003 at 11:35 pm, Carol wrote:
>
>It sounds like it could be a variant of this trojan hijacker. Regardless, since
we
>don't know this is a good place to start. Download the CWShredder tool towards the
>bottom of this page and run it. Note, there's also a download to the VB6 Runtime
>libraries, which you may or may not need in order to run the tool. Download it too,
>just in case you need it.
>
>The CoolWebSearch Chronicles: The story of a thousand hijacks
>
>Clear out your TIF and other temp files. Go to Start - Settings - Control Panel
-
>Internet Options. Under the General tab click the Delete temporary internet files,
>choose to delete all Offline content.
>
>Next run Spybot Search & Destroy: color="FF69B4">Spybot S&D Close all running programs, install then
>reboot. Start it and go online and press the 'search for updates' tab. Download
all
>updates that aren't optional.
>
>Close all browser windows, then start it in Easy mode and run the scan. Then click
>'Check All', and fix everything SpybotSD labels in red. Restart your computer. Note:
>It creates two shortcuts on your start menu, Advanced has other features. Easy mode
>just scans for spybots.
>
>Just to make sure: 'Hijack
>This' Unzip 'HT' into a new folder. Double click the .Exe file to
>run it. Choose Scan. It will display a list. Most of the things you see listed are
>necessary or required entries, so don't fix anything, until you know which items
>to fix. color="FF69B4">Hijack This Tutorial
>
>One good program for prevention, is SywareBlaster. After you install it, reboot.
>Then download updates for it and follow instructions. It doesn't need to be running
>at all to protect your system.
>
>Spywareblaster
>
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