Google being hijacked

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by kae71463, May 14, 2005.

  1. kae71463

    kae71463 Private E-2

    Whenever I do a search on google, the page reloads and adds the search at upspiral.com and ebay.com.

    What can I do to get rid of that? I have run adaware and Spybot-S&D.

    Thanks,
    katie
     
  2. bjgarrick

    bjgarrick MajorGeeks Admin - Malware Expert

    First give this a try!

    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

    If the above does NOT fix your problem then procede with the READ ME.

    First, please follow ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ ME FIRST BEFORE ASKING FOR SUPPORT: Basic Spyware, Trojan And Virus Removal

    After doing ALL of the above if you still have a problem:


    http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gif Download HijackThis 1.99.1

    http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gif Unzip the hijackthis.exe file to a folder you create named C:\Program Files\HJT

    http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gif Do NOT run Hijack This from the Desktop, a temp folder, or a sub-folder of C:\Documents and Settings, or choose to run it directly from the ZIP file as your backups will not be safely stored.

    http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gifBefore running HijackThis: You must close each of the following:your web browser, e-mail client, instant messenger, and programs like notepad, wordpad, MS Word etc. And any other unnecessary running programs.

    http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gifRun HijackThis and save your log file.

    http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gif Post your log as an ATTACHMENT to your next post. (Do NOT copy/paste the log into your post as it will be removed).

    http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gifNeed help with HJT? See this thread: NO HIJACK THIS LOG FILES BEFORE READING THIS: HJT Tutorial & LOG File Posting
     

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