Hijacked?

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by GFH, Jan 24, 2005.

  1. GFH

    GFH Private E-2

    Good day all,

    I seem to be having a problem that will not go away.

    Each time I start up my machine and open IE I get a Search bar that will not go away. It appears to originate from www.lop.com.

    The only way I can rid of it temporaily is by open task manager and closing all instances of iexplorer of which there are usually two. So i'm guessing that somehow a second instance of ie starts up loads this search bar and then carries on.

    Other than thru task manager it will not go away, even if I close the window of IE that I am actually using it remains.

    Adaware, Spybot Norton AV all come up clean.

    Anybody run into this?

    I have a HJT log when ready if anyone needs one

    Cheers and thanks

    Gord
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    First, please follow ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ ME FIRST BEFORE ASKING FOR SUPPORT: Basic Spyware, Trojan And Virus Removal
    If you already have any of the programs linked in the tutorial please double check your version to make sure you have the latest one and that you have any/all updates for the programs.

    NOTE: In order to resolve the issues you are having it is very important that you at least try to perform all the steps as outlined. If you have any difficulty please post back letting us know what steps you have completed, what you found while doing the scans if anything and details about any problems you have encountered in completing the steps. The more details you can provide the better.

    Also, if you have installed Messenger Plus 3 (in fact any version number of it), you need to uninstall it. Check in Add/Remove programs.

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

    Make sure you have HijackThis 1.99 and follow the guidelines on where to install it and how to post a log as an attachment. This is all covered in the sticky thread NO HIJACK THIS LOG FILES BEFORE READING THIS: HJT Tutorial & LOG File Posting

    Now post a HijackThis log as an attachment to your message (Do not post the log inline). All running programs should be closed, including your web browser, e-mail. Close before running Hijack This!

    To repeat: 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 downloaded ZIP file. Place it in its own folder, for example C:\Program Files\HJT
     

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