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September 5th 08, 12:45 AM
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Help, my browser has been hijacked!
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 
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September 5th 08, 05:21 AM
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Help, my browser has been hijacked!
Crossposted to the IE7 newsgroup for convenience
-- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "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
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September 5th 08, 11:09 AM
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Help, my browser has been hijacked!
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 - - - - "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
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September 5th 08, 02:39 PM
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Help, my browser has been hijacked!
"Nut that holds the wheel" wrote in message
... 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. In addition to the rest, Spybot Search & Destroy can help. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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September 5th 08, 07:25 PM
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Help, my browser has been hijacked!
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 - - - - "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
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September 5th 08, 07:33 PM
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Help, my browser has been hijacked!
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 - - - - "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
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September 6th 08, 03:48 PM
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Help, my browser has been hijacked!
You're welcome.
Don "Nut that holds the wheel" wrote in message acomip... 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. "Peter Foldes" wrote in message ... Crossposted to the IE7 newsgroup for convenience Peter - - - - "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
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