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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on October 14, 2002, 08:03:01 am

Title: Help please!
Post by: Unknown Target on October 14, 2002, 08:03:01 am

I've got this annoying problem. You know those ****ty search engines? Well, I visited one, and then left. Now, however, my homepage keeps being set to it! I set it back to my regular homepage (Yahoo), but I keep getting sent back to it!
I heard when that happens, it's a virus, but where do I get something to remove it?

Title: Help please!
Post by: Windrunner on October 14, 2002, 08:22:40 am

i donät think its a virus. I think its some spyprogram that was installed when you visited the page. Try finding it with AD-aware.
go to www.lavasoftusa.com to download the program.
If it is a virus then try finding it with your antivirus program

Title: Help please!
Post by: Unknown Target on October 14, 2002, 08:40:30 am

Don't have one :(

Title: Help please!
Post by: Windrunner on October 14, 2002, 08:44:47 am

then i suggest that you download one. try outthis (http://download.com.com/3000-2239-9007880.html?tag=lst-0-1) one. its pretty good and its freeware

Title: Help please!
Post by: Razor on October 14, 2002, 10:26:08 am

I've got another solution. Go to www.centralcommand.com and get a vexira ativirus, free trial version and install it. The only thing left to do is to scan your drives or as WD said, use ad-ware to scan for spyware. :nod:
Or if you have a good internet connection go and download the trial version of Norton AntiVirus 2002.

Title: Help please!
Post by: Razor on October 14, 2002, 10:29:33 am

Here is the link for Vexira version for Win 98:
http://www.centralcommand.com/ts/dl/setupvameeval.exe

This one is for NT/2000/XP:
http://www.centralcommand.com/ts/dl/setupvaxpeval.exe

And here is the link to the download page if you need more stuff.
http://www.centralcommand.com/downloads.html

 Hope this helps you out. Trust me, I used Vexira and I cleaned up every single virus I had.

Title: Help please!
Post by: vadar_1 on October 14, 2002, 12:02:26 pm

You might have inadvertanly installed an activeX component from the site. Those don't show up as virii, but will appear in your Downloaded Program Files that is usually in the same directory as Temporary Internet Files. To find the folder, just RClick on the drive that has windows on it, select properties, then the button disk/drive cleanup, then click Downloaded Program Files from the list and hit show files. Usually its safe to clear out all those files, usually the only ones you need is things like IE Toolbars or Flash Plugin. But the problem could be in there.

Title: Help please!
Post by: diamondgeezer on October 14, 2002, 12:32:33 pm

Windrunner has the right idea. Regular scanning with both AVG and Ad-Aware is A-1 Supar!!!1

Title: Help please!
Post by: Stryke 9 on October 14, 2002, 02:05:32 pm

Meh, sounds like one of those Javascript things they pull- I got hit by one of those once, but they're thoroughly illegal unless you consent to it (which they'll try to trick you into doing, by putting the button right under your mouse in a swarm of popups or something like that). Clear out your cookies and it might go away, they generally aren't more complex than that sort of thing.