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December 2, 2004 at 4:20 pm #2288225
MS Explorer hijacked
Lockedby borg7of9 · about 19 years, 4 months ago
I have an XP system, completely updated to SP2, with AV and now running zonealarm. The browser seems to be hijacked, and keeps going to a seach page, but not all the time, say one time out of 5 or 10 times. Also there is a tool bar and many pops up that I can not get rid off, that are really slowing down the system
I enabled POP up blocker in XP
However, the following sites are listed as expections
Lop.com
mysearch.com
http://www.iop.com
http://www.mysearch.comof course I remove them, but they keep re-appearing. I also removed the tool bar from Add/remove programs, and this also keeps re-appearing.
I have run the most recent SPYBOT and it removed many threats, but still these keep showing up. I would like to recover the system, without having to do a complete re-install. Any suggestions?
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December 2, 2004 at 4:37 pm #3316415
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by willcomp · about 19 years, 4 months ago
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Have seen this critter before and am trying to remember fix. In the interim, here are some recommendations:
Install, update, and run Ad-Aware SE. Ad-Aware has been greatly improved.
Run Spybot in Advanced Mode and check BHOs under Tools. Then open BHOs and remove any that are suspicious. Won’t keep them from being recreated.
Run Spybot and Ad-Aware with System Restore disabled.
If Spybot and Ad-Aware keep finding same files, check names and location and try to delete manually in safe mode.
Dalton
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February 4, 2005 at 11:26 am #3343114
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 1 month ago
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December 2, 2004 at 5:29 pm #3316399
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by thechas · about 19 years, 4 months ago
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The mal-ware writers are getting craftier.
Many of them specifically block Ad-Aware and SpyBot from removing them.
Another tool is hijack this:
and:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Fighting mal-ware is getting to be as bad as fighting viruses.
Once you clear out the mal-ware, check the ZoneAlarm settings and make sure that they are not listed as allowed programs.
Chas
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February 4, 2005 at 11:26 am #3343109
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 1 month ago
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December 2, 2004 at 6:10 pm #3316393
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 4 months ago
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Thanks guys, my zone alarm does not have any mal ware programs ticked off, and the problem is that spybot does not seem to be able to clean this stuff up. So now, it does not report it, much less clean it.
As suggested I will try advanced options, and I did not think to disable system restore, which I should have done.
If anyone has any specific help on the problem, much appreciated.
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December 2, 2004 at 6:20 pm #3316390
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by zlitocook · about 19 years, 4 months ago
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Try going to http://www.webroot.com They have a great spy remover program. They also let you do a free spyware search and distroy on your computer. It is the same company that makes window washer.
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February 4, 2005 at 11:26 am #3343110
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 1 month ago
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December 2, 2004 at 9:18 pm #3316363
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by jonno112 · about 19 years, 4 months ago
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What you need is hijackthis, adaware won’t remove some of the above because there in your system files and your registry.
You may need to use google and know your services list fairly well.
Try this link
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?s=f30375f8ca323a3f9a6a343dc4bcf7ea&f=35This will get you started properly and give you experience for next time.
Let us know how you go.
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February 4, 2005 at 11:26 am #3343111
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 1 month ago
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December 2, 2004 at 10:53 pm #3316350
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by house · about 19 years, 4 months ago
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I’ve seen this before. It is a hijack attempt. Check your tasks for strange entries.
Use the housecall.trendmicro.com site. They will scan remotely for malware.
You are very lucky to not have any worms in your system.
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January 19, 2005 at 8:14 am #3326787
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 2 months ago
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December 3, 2004 at 5:56 am #3316258
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by sgt_shultz · about 19 years, 4 months ago
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of course you have scoured add/remove programs for unwanted search and toolbars. i say chas, this is way worse than viruses ever were. had recently your symptoms and posted them here. no help from the ususal suggestions so i googled the address i was being hijaaked to and gingerly examined some links (be all patched up first, ok 7?) in my case was malware nicknamed midaddle. google that and see write up of crafty white hat who figured out this program had many reinstallers so you had to root all out to destroy. plus great overview of registry entries that can hijaak you. i followed his instructions and it worked on my customer. he has paypal set up on his site and earns his bucks imho. so post more info.
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February 4, 2005 at 11:26 am #3343112
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 1 month ago
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December 3, 2004 at 11:50 am #3316134
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by trockii · about 19 years, 4 months ago
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Go through the registry, search and delete all instances of each. Then clear out your internet history along with Temporary Internet Folder. That should fix your computer.
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December 7, 2004 at 7:45 am #3290809
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 3 months ago
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December 7, 2004 at 9:27 am #3290762
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by lowlytech · about 19 years, 3 months ago
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Always turn off system restore after removing unwanted programs and files or your system may install them again when you reboot.
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January 12, 2005 at 6:12 am #3346128
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 2 months ago
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December 20, 2004 at 12:00 pm #3300018
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 3 months ago
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Hi, THank Chas, I have still not completely gotton rid of it, but Hijack was a great and http://www.spywareinfo.com have been of great help. I am being helped by the forum there, as this is taking a few more steps than usual!
At least I am on my way to fixing it, thanks
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January 7, 2005 at 2:29 am #3294186
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by laquangthong · about 19 years, 2 months ago
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Try adaware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
If it doesn’t work, go: Start -> Run -> msconfig -> Start up
Uncheck everything, then reboot. Run adaware again, then go into msconfig and check everything again.Hope this help,
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February 4, 2005 at 11:24 am #3343115
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 1 month ago
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January 12, 2005 at 6:22 am #3346122
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by rcom · about 19 years, 2 months ago
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Lop.com is installed as the Sponsor Program for Messenger Plus!
There’s uninstallers online for it. http://lop.com/help.html
mysearch removal instructions:
http://tinyurl.com/52kqkhijack this is good for finding this crap. But be careful what you remove.
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February 4, 2005 at 11:26 am #3343113
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February 4, 2005 at 11:26 am #3343108
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by borg7of9 · about 19 years, 1 month ago
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