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| DNHunt |
 Mar 27 2004, 08:51 AM
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914 Wizard? No way. I got too much to learn.  Group: Members Posts: 4,099 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Gig Harbor, WA Member No.: 598  |
Every time I visit here I get a browser take over the next time I connect. It adds some pretty digusting stuff to our favorites list and I'm not sure what else it may be trying to do. Ad-Aware will remove it but, it comes back. Here's what Ad-Aware says about it.
Vendor:Possible Browser Hijack attempt Category:Malware Object Type:RegData Size:- Location:Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" ("res://mshp.dll/index.html#37049") Last Activity:3-27-2004 Risk LevelMedium Comment:Possible browser hijack attempt Description:Possible attempt to control\redirect the browser. This object referrs to a "blacklisted" site. Anybody else get this? Any suggestions? Dave |
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| Pnambic |
Feb 21 2005, 08:48 PM
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Honk if you like obscene gestures! Group: Members Posts: 914 Joined: 9-April 03 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 546 Region Association: South East States |
Just some little tricks that might help you along the way.
ALT F4 Kills the active window. Its a lot easier than searching for the "X" in the top right of the window especially when many of the pop-ups purposfully make the windows so big that the X is outside the viewable section of window. Closing a window quickly may also prevent it from opening up additional windows itself. Some registry folders are not writable while Windows is running. So you can tell it to delete an item, and the computer will at first act like it did it, but won't actually delete the reference. A cheap trick here is to rename the folder itself, then delete the item and then rename the folder back. Hope some of this helps. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) |
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DNHunt OT, Help Mar 27 2004, 08:51 AM
Bleyseng Try Spy Bot to remove it.
Is your start page on MS... Mar 27 2004, 09:04 AM J P Stein I too would try spybot.
After you scan with spybo... Mar 27 2004, 09:42 AM Bruce Allert I just had the exact same thing happen yesterday ... Mar 27 2004, 09:53 AM Mark Henry Yep I had the same thing and it would always come ... Mar 27 2004, 10:14 AM sanglee007 Spybot / Adaware work well, and you can always run... Mar 27 2004, 11:36 AM mikester You can also run the google tool bar as it has a p... Mar 27 2004, 12:50 PM tracks914 I run Netscape browser and Mail programs at home a... Mar 27 2004, 07:11 PM ! I ended up getting the Spysweeper from Webroot....... Mar 27 2004, 07:20 PM Qarl EVERYONE should run this software. It's free a... Mar 27 2004, 07:23 PM Malmz Yep, my key while at clients. Spybot Search and D... Mar 27 2004, 10:26 PM Bruce Allert I did the Spybot install but had to install Ad-War... Mar 28 2004, 07:52 AM Malmz Also, Hotbar was made my Satan. :evilgrin: If yo... Mar 28 2004, 12:32 PM 914gt40 I agree with Mikez, Spysweeper from webroot.com ru... Feb 21 2005, 12:40 PM rhodyguy major attempt at browser change for me too. i get ... Feb 21 2005, 01:09 PM balljoint Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird I just switched... Feb 21 2005, 01:33 PM rhodyguy i seem to get the b.c. notice frequently when ever... Feb 21 2005, 01:44 PM dinomium Dave, you might have to remove the bug manually fr... Feb 21 2005, 01:50 PM rhodyguy you might as well come by my place too dino. i wou... Feb 21 2005, 01:57 PM Travis Neff Hacking the registry doesn't always stop the p... Feb 21 2005, 02:09 PM rhodyguy travis, how is the hk_local_machine... actually pe... Feb 21 2005, 02:18 PM JB 914 download mozilla. problem solved. Feb 21 2005, 02:32 PM Travis Neff A file is downloaded into your temp directory, it ... Feb 21 2005, 03:08 PM rhodyguy i sent the data to you travis. for you other compu... Feb 21 2005, 06:12 PM Bruce Allert I was scourged with the "About:blank" take over Feb 21 2005, 09:03 PM SirAndy <... Feb 22 2005, 08:04 AM rhaas microsoft has a great antispyware. It if free in ... Feb 22 2005, 08:06 AM skline I do this everyday for clients, the ones you delet... Feb 22 2005, 08:11 AM rhodyguy that's the problem scott. i don't know wha... Feb 22 2005, 08:23 AM skline Yes, I took a lot of classes from Microsoft, got c... Feb 22 2005, 08:27 AM rhodyguy "matering" http://www.914wo... Feb 22 2005, 08:31 AM reverie I don't think an amateur should do any file de... Feb 22 2005, 10:49 AM SirAndy ... Feb 22 2005, 10:50 AM rhodyguy all well and good. reread what i've been posti... Feb 22 2005, 11:02 AM SGB -open "help and type "safe mode" to learn how to s... Feb 22 2005, 11:22 AM rhodyguy the computer will soon be flying out the door, to ... Feb 22 2005, 11:44 AM rhodyguy something more. repeated spyboting this comes up e... Feb 22 2005, 02:48 PM
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