get rid of the crap...!

PlawsWorth · 07-31-2004, 09:13 PM

Everytime I start a new Internet Explorer window the home website is "http://offsearch.cc/index.php?v=4&aff=4793" which is some kind of adaware/spyware site that sticks like glue. Not lavasoft adaware, spybot, some other spyware software or my own diffrent tries has managed to destroy this annoying webpage from being my default website. How the F*** can I get rid of it? any ideas? please help a blonde fool from sweden...

Etacovda · 07-31-2004, 11:47 PM

Try hijackthis!

xerka · 08-01-2004, 01:30 AM

You could switch to firefox....I finally made complete change over and haven't looked back.

sn_85 · 08-01-2004, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by PlawsWorth

Everytime I start a new Internet Explorer window the home website is "http://offsearch.cc/index.php?v=4&aff=4793" which is some kind of adaware/spyware site that sticks like glue. Not lavasoft adaware, spybot, some other spyware software or my own diffrent tries has managed to destroy this annoying webpage from being my default website. How the F*** can I get rid of it? any ideas? please help a blonde fool from sweden...

for a similar situation i uninstalled it through the registry. the did the same start up thing for IE. but it also littered my desktop with porn links and ads everytime i started up the comp. i figured the name of the program that was doing that everytime and uninstalled everything in the registry through the search and that finally got rid of it. but everytime something like that happens i usually reformat. i just cant stand knowing remnants of it can still be there.

firtol88 · 08-01-2004, 02:25 AM

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

run them regularly.

mogwai · 08-01-2004, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by xerka

You could switch to firefox....I finally made complete change over and haven't looked back.

I will second that.

Except for windows update, I have not used IE for over a year. I install Firefox on every machine I work on. Beter yet, use Firefox on Linux.

PlawsWorth · 08-01-2004, 08:32 AM

I tried to delete the shit from regedit but that didnt help

nikhsub1 · 08-01-2004, 02:09 PM

OK, this should kill it. Make sure adaware and spybot have the latest def's. Get CWShredder and spywareblaster. Update them all. Reboot in safemode, turn SYSTEM RESTORE OFF. Run ad aware, spybot and CWShredder til they all come up clean, run them multiple times. Once it is clean, reboot normally and install spywareblaster and update it, then enable all protection. This should cure you. After that, run Hijackthis and post the log here.

07-31-2004, 09:13 PM	#1
PlawsWorth Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 248	get rid of the crap...! Everytime I start a new Internet Explorer window the home website is "http://offsearch.cc/index.php?v=4&aff=4793" which is some kind of adaware/spyware site that sticks like glue. Not lavasoft adaware, spybot, some other spyware software or my own diffrent tries has managed to destroy this annoying webpage from being my default website. How the F*** can I get rid of it? any ideas? please help a blonde fool from sweden... __________________ cocaine addict

08-01-2004, 01:30 AM	#3
xerka Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 107	You could switch to firefox....I finally made complete change over and haven't looked back. __________________ Folders: I've given up folding

08-01-2004, 02:25 AM	#5
firtol88 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: BRLA Posts: 151	http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html run them regularly. __________________ - - In this corner representing the democrats... Flipper

08-01-2004, 08:32 AM	#7
PlawsWorth Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 248	I tried to delete the shit from regedit but that didnt help __________________ cocaine addict

08-01-2004, 02:09 PM	#8
nikhsub1 c00ling p00n Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: L.A. Posts: 758	OK, this should kill it. Make sure adaware and spybot have the latest def's. Get CWShredder and spywareblaster. Update them all. Reboot in safemode, turn SYSTEM RESTORE OFF. Run ad aware, spybot and CWShredder til they all come up clean, run them multiple times. Once it is clean, reboot normally and install spywareblaster and update it, then enable all protection. This should cure you. After that, run Hijackthis and post the log here. __________________ :-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-: E6700 @ 3.65Ghz / P5W DH Deluxe / 2GB 667 TeamGroup / 1900XTX PC Power & Cooling Turbo 510 Deluxe Mountain Mods U2-UFO Cube Storm G5 --> MP-01 --> PA 120.3 --> 2x DDC Ultras in Series --> Custom Clear Res "Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." 1,223,460+ Ghz Folding@Home aNonForums :-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:'``':-.,_,.-:

07-31-2004, 11:47 PM	#2
Etacovda Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dunedin NZ Posts: 735	Try hijackthis!

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