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by regulus

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Ok, I got Hijacked. OS is win 98 (not SE)running updated Norton 2003 virus scanner. Somebody came in and hijacked my home page to a Gambling /porno directory. They also wiped out the General Tab on Tools/Internet options where you manage your Home Page. Got a bunch of Junk pirate programs doing there own thing on PC (Purist etc.) All cleaned up now (thank you Ad-Aware) but even SFC can't find my General Tab. Any Suggestions??? Thanks.

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by regulus

CiscoKid,
Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately I have been there and the General tab for internet options is listed nowhere in the registry. My home page is listed, in about 9 different places!
Dave

by curacao_dejavu

if you have another win98 machine I would suggest to export the key and import it in the other one.
or go to add/remove programs and repairt IE or reinstall IE 6.1 sp1.

Leopold

by saihib

Try this. Go to add/remove programs in Control Panel. Remove and select the Repair option. It's a longshot but it might work.

by tfurman

Try a freeware program. I used Start Page Guard. don't have the url but it should come up on a google search. I was able to reset my home page and then go into the registry and remove the values from the hijacker(www.searchv.com) and restore my start page. You should also run both Adaware and Spybot S&D to help remove the vicious little code

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