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Bookmark Virus??

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Chris - 31 Mar 2004 17:02 GMT
I seem to be having problems with bookmarks and home page
reapearing even after I have deleated them. I think I've
been infected with something. Does anyone know how I may
get rid of this virus so that an x-rated home page does
not show up as my home page?
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP - 31 Mar 2004 18:25 GMT
> I seem to be having problems with bookmarks and home page
> reapearing even after I have deleated them. I think I've
> been infected with something. Does anyone know how I may
> get rid of this virus so that an x-rated home page does
> not show up as my home page?

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't.  Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded.  There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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