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dang
07-20-2004, 03:59 AM
Whenever I boot my machine, my home page gets reset to default-search.com.

I've tried running spybot, adaware, etc with no results. I have spyguard running, which catches something trying to change the registry, and I can block it from doing it on that particular instance, but I'd rather just clean my damn system. Anyone got any info/ideas?

I hate blocking it everytime I boot.
extremepc
07-20-2004, 10:00 AM
Look on the default-search website to see if there's any way to remove it, as that is what happened with searchcentral.cc.
ECA
07-20-2004, 10:17 AM
try this...
1. goto control panel...Find your internet options...DONT bring up IE..
Change the location to ANYTHING(yahoo.com, MSN.com....)
2. RUN your bot progs...Spybot has a LOCK for changing your start page...TURN IT ON.
3. reset...
4 DONT OPEN IE....Go back to internet options and check it... IF its still where you put it...you win.
Ioman
07-20-2004, 10:17 AM
Install HijackThis and post your log. Then we can go through and tell you which registry keys etc to delete.
ECA
07-20-2004, 10:19 AM
I just installed Spybot on another system, I was cleaning it up.
Funny thing...
SOMETHING turned OFF 3 identifications IN SPYBOT... I had to turn them back on...one of these was the WWW.SEARCH ID....
BE aware of this guys and gals...
llbbl
07-20-2004, 11:55 AM
oh nos ! dang has spyware =(

It happens to the best of us :p
nightowl
07-20-2004, 11:56 AM
I had a similar problem last night. But I guess my settings are set up for when a website wants to change your startup page a little pop up window asks me if I want to change it.I clicked no. I believe the website was called searching.net. I'll have to add it to my restricted websites........Jim
sinistar
07-20-2004, 12:00 PM
if it's anything like here4search, all the hijackthis logs in the world won't cut it. you may just have to format and reinstall

seriously.
llbbl
07-20-2004, 12:00 PM
I had a similar problem last night. But I guess my settings are set up for when a website wants to change your startup page a little pop up window asks me if I want to change it.I clicked no. I believe the website was called searching.net. I'll have to add it to my restricted websites........Jim

We should make a thread and everyone add websites that are malicious to that thread .. Then explain how to block those sites ..

Or how about a program that is like a spam filter .. As long as a certain number of people have a site blocked then it will block it for everyone who has that software installed.
ECA
07-20-2004, 02:40 PM
I'd just like it, so that the search, and Startup pages were PASSWORD protected.
nightowl
07-20-2004, 05:02 PM
That would be a great Idea, Toolbars also.......Jim :cool:
nightowl
07-20-2004, 05:09 PM
This is a cool website that helps people set their internet settings. My computer failed most of the tests. I may need to change some of these settings to prompt.........Jim :vivi


http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/
ECA
07-20-2004, 05:14 PM
The persons I FIX comps for...
I ASK them NOT to play with IE, by adding EXTRAS to it...
Forget MSN, YAHOO, GOOGLE, and ALL the rest...
DONT say YES to ANYTHING, unless they KNOW, what it is, and does.
IF nothing ELSE, CALL ME and ASK.
It gets to be a REAL pain, trying to wipe this stuff off systems, then updateing it BACK to current.
llbbl
07-20-2004, 10:25 PM
google is fine ECA .. those others are fine too probably but it bugs me when people install more than one toolbar ..
ECA
07-20-2004, 11:39 PM
YEP, VERY...TOTALLY.
But THEY dont understand that...