homepage keeps changing

aaa andy · July 22nd, 2004, 07:49 AM

my hompage usually www.google.co.uk keeps changing to http://0websearch.com/??? i have ran ad-aware and spy bot serch and destroy and it keeps doin it?????

night_wolf · July 22nd, 2004, 08:25 AM

get 'hijack this' and post your log, its freeware

excuzzzeme · July 22nd, 2004, 08:29 AM

Most likely cause......"Hijacker" . You may need to edit your registry to remove it.

You can try one of theses products http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html (Never used them myself but have seen them recommended numerous times on this site).

Or Adaware or Spybot S & D.

Hijackers are often ( not always) installed by means of a trojan. If you do a manual removal you will need to locate the original file as failure to remove it also will keep reinstalling the hijacker.

Bill in SD, CA · July 22nd, 2004, 01:16 PM

Spyware Links

Bill

BeatYouWithShoe · July 22nd, 2004, 01:23 PM

Yea, most definalty a spyware problem. Ad-Aware + Safe Mode should do away with it.

shaundolphin · July 22nd, 2004, 02:03 PM

I've heard this so many times and had it myself- This is definately a case of spy-ware related problems - Try Spybot search and destroy - Its always worked for me. Good luck

FatalException · July 22nd, 2004, 02:09 PM

Check out this tool too. It lets you disable and enable various "BHO's" - Browser Helper Objects, such as the Adobe Acrobat plugin, the Real Player plugin, the QuickTime plugin, etc. Since many spyware programs are created every week, it can be hard for the people that make the spyware programs mentioned above to keep up with the new threats. BHO Demon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm) - the tool I am talking about, lets you pick and choose which plugins you use, regardless of if they are known to be spyware or not. I've found that this tool, in addition to those above, resolves 99.99% of all spyware issues with most systems.

aaa andy · July 22nd, 2004, 06:10 PM

i have tryed search bot and ad-aware but it dosnt make n e difference. how do i go about "safe mode"

BeatYouWithShoe · July 22nd, 2004, 06:12 PM

When your computer is starting up keep pressing F8 to bring up a menu of avalible boot modes, use safe mode and run ad-aware. The reason safe mode is best to run ad-aware in is alot of spyware/hijacking stuff starts processes when your computer boots so it is impossible to delete their files if they are running. In safe mode they don't start up because it loads to least amount of drivers/processes.