i didn't even open explorer and these pop ups keep showing up telling me that i have 
spyware/adware installed. each time the pop up shows up my homepage is changed and 
this new registry key is made "HomeOldSP" dont know if this will help. so i search 
for adware/spyware and i find these keys, i delete them and then moments later the 
same pop up shows up and everything that i deleted and changed are back! i could 
not find any programs that were running when my computer starts and my programs dont 
detect anything that is creating these files. help these cheesy ads with viruses 
"doing it" are popping up every 5 minutes, quite annoying...

thank you :]

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re: something keeps changing my homepage... help please Monday, June 7, 2004 at 6:43 pm Posted by mojo7819 (5744 messages posted) Before using ANY of these tools, do the following: Delete TIF’s and history. Empty your recycle bin. Disable system Restore. The reason you need to disable system restore is that many of these pests like to hide within the restore files. These are protected by Windows, therefore the scans can’t delete the pests. Download, install, UPDATE, and run: Ad-Aware 6.0 Spybot Search & Destroy 1.3 Close ALL browser windows before using these tools. These will scan for, detect and remove most variants of spyware/adware/malware. To prevent spyware/adware/malware from being installed on your computer, download, install UPDATE and run these: SpywareGuard Spyware Blaster SpywareGuard and Spyware Blaster are not scanners. These run all the time to prevent scumware from being installed on your computer, much like an anti-virus program protects from viruses/worms/trojans. Download UPDATE and run: CWShredder Close ALL browser windows before using these tools. This program searches for and removes many variants of the CoolWebSearch. It is important to run ALL of these programs, as each do something different. (Make sure to use the update feature of these programs often.) When finished, Turn system Restore back on if you wish. You might also want to download and install: Google Toolbar & activate the pop-up blocker. When installing, DO NOT select to install the advanced features. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: something keeps changing my homepage... help please Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 1:49 pm Posted by nataku (16 messages posted) the spyware blaster does not work, i could install it but when i try to run it, it says that my hard drive may be corrupt or a virus is blocking it from running.. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: something keeps changing my homepage... help please Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 4:22 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) If you've ran the CWShredder, SpybotD&D, and cleared out all temp files, run HijackThis and post a log here. That HomeOldSP address is a CWSearch hijacker. I suggest you post for help on the SpywareInfo forums. First read this post on the requirements before posting a log. SpywareInfo: How to remove spyware or a hijacker You can install SpywareBlaster, once you get some problems fixed. It doesn't clean spyware but helps prevent further problems. It's unnecessary to install both AW and SpyBot S&D, unless you choose to run both. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: something keeps changing my homepage... help please Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 5:18 pm Posted by nataku (16 messages posted) thanks i installed the new spybot 1.3 and updated my ad-aware i ran those and did a disk clean up and cleared all my internet files did another scan and *poof* im virus free. the spyware guard was too much.. the pop ups it gives me are annoying and it stops me when i want to changed my settings. im better off without it. thanks guys for helping me :] [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: something keeps changing my homepage... help please Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 7:33 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) Are you sure it's completely taken care of? I ask because that is a hijacker, or did the Shredder fix some things also? I agree, SpywareGuard isn't necessary and is confusing to inexperienced users, but I strongly suggest Spyware"Blaster". That is, if you don't want these things happening over and over. It doesn't need to be running at all to protect your system. No prompts. After you download it, close out running programs. Install then reboot. Start it and check for and download updates. Then enable protection for Restricted sites, as well as IE. Exit. It won't prevent everything, but it's at least something! Check for updates often. There are other ways to protect your system. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: something keeps changing my homepage... help please Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 3:59 am Posted by nataku (16 messages posted) i see.. thanks. im using the tea timer that comes with the sybot s&d. i also used the cw shredder too. thanks again for helping [Reply or follow-up to this message] OK, you're welcome (n/t) Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 6:59 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) :) On Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 3:59 am, nataku wrote: >i see.. thanks. im using the tea timer that comes with the sybot s&d. i also used >the cw shredder too. > >thanks again for helping [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum