Lots of very useful information here. Thank you very much. Sorry about the
initial mis-posting, I got my tools mixed up
Jim

"Nut that holds the wheel" wrote in message
acomip...
Lots of very useful information here. Thank you very much.
Jim

"Don Varnau" don_04[at]varnau[dot]org wrote in message
...

Hi,
See these sites for help, including the posting of a HijackThis log to
one
of the forums where HJT logs are analyzed:

The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.html

Removing Malwa
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Partial list of forums- there are others:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://spywarehammer.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://forums.whatthetech.com/forums.html
http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/

You will have to register to post to any of these forums and should look
for
one or more "Important- Read this first" type messages, at whatever forum
you choose, for specific instructions.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Crossposted to the IE7 newsgroup for convenience

Peter
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"Nut that holds the wheel" wrote in message
...
I am running Internet Explorer 7 (7.0.5730.13) under Windows XP Service
Pack
3.
Recently, when I do a search from Google or Yahoo, I get back the
expected
listing of hits. For example, I did a search on "Internet Explorer Beta
2".
I got a page full of references, one of which was a link to the Windows
Internet Explorer 8 Home Page at
www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta. When I click on this
link,
a new page opens with the following in the address bar:

http://www.findstuff.com/search.php?...gwO_j2Xw%2A%2A
This is obviously not the Microsoft web site. Something has hijacked my
search engine and is redirecting my searches.

If I click on the back arrow from here, I momentarily see a URL that
starts
with www.topdir2.com/feed/click... but I end up back at the
findstuff.com
page.

Sometimes I am redirected to the lowpriceshopper.com page or some other
page, and some times I am not redirected at all.

How can I find out what is causing this redirection and who/what I have
to
kill to fix this problem? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jim