Address bar search hijacked?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by knots76, Mar 22, 2005.

  1. knots76

    knots76 Private E-2

    HI again. You guys helped me so just the other day when my home page was hijacked. Now I think my address bar search is infected. I saw this entry:

    R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://g.msn.com/0SEENUS/SAOS01

    I deleted it and changed my address bar search to Google. Any other suggestions. PLease help.
     
  2. bjgarrick

    bjgarrick MajorGeeks Admin - Malware Expert

    Reset Web Settings & Default Security Settings:


    To Reset Web Settings:
    Right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK.

    If you do not have an Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop, click Start, Control Panel (for some systems it may be Start, Settings, Control Panel), Internet Options, Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK


    To Default Security Settings:
    Right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Security Tab and click Default Level for Internet, Local Intranet, Trusted Sites, and Restricted Sites.

    After doing the above and it still comes back, procede to attaching a current HJT log from normal mode.
     

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