looking for help, junk in my msn explorer.....

hi, i'm new here & pretty new w/ computers; seems while surfing awhile
back, i went somewhere i shouldn't have; now, everytime i open the
browser, it's set to a "new homepage" which i think is an
advertisement; i try to reset it, & it just keeps coming back;
suggestions on what to do, where to look? any help appreciated!
thanks!
jeff

Jeff wrote:

> hi, i'm new here & pretty new w/ computers; seems while surfing awhile
> back, i went somewhere i shouldn't have; now, everytime i open the
> browser, it's set to a "new homepage" which i think is an
> advertisement; i try to reset it, & it just keeps coming back;
> suggestions on what to do, where to look? any help appreciated!
> thanks!
> jeff
Sounds like you have been hijacked. Give HijackThis a go..:
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html
HTH
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edard wrote:

> Jeff wrote:
>
>
>>hi, i'm new here & pretty new w/ computers; seems while surfing awhile
>>back, i went somewhere i shouldn't have; now, everytime i open the
>>browser, it's set to a "new homepage" which i think is an
>>advertisement; i try to reset it, & it just keeps coming back;
>>suggestions on what to do, where to look? any help appreciated!
>>thanks!
>>jeff
>
> Sounds like you have been hijacked. Give HijackThis a go..:
> http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html
> HTH

Hijackthis is very good, but you can trash Windows if you don't know
what you're doing with it.

Jeff wrote:

> hi, i'm new here & pretty new w/ computers; seems while surfing awhile
> back, i went somewhere i shouldn't have; now, everytime i open the
> browser, it's set to a "new homepage" which i think is an
> advertisement; i try to reset it, & it just keeps coming back;
> suggestions on what to do, where to look? any help appreciated!
> thanks!
> jeff

Try Adaware from:
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-...ml?tag=lst-0-1

And Spybot Search and Destroy from:
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Searc...ml?tag=lst-0-2

Download, install and update them, then run them.

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:31:04 -0500, Rôgêr <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Jeff wrote:
>
>> hi, i'm new here & pretty new w/ computers; seems while surfing awhile
>> back, i went somewhere i shouldn't have; now, everytime i open the
>> browser, it's set to a "new homepage" which i think is an
>> advertisement; i try to reset it, & it just keeps coming back;
>> suggestions on what to do, where to look? any help appreciated!
>> thanks!
>> jeff
>
>Try Adaware from:
>http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-...ml?tag=lst-0-1
>
>And Spybot Search and Destroy from:
>http://www.download.com/Spybot-Searc...ml?tag=lst-0-2
>
>Download, install and update them, then run them.

Be Very Careful with Search and Destroy. It can get a bit aggressive and
can take down your system. BTDT. Adaware is more conservative. I can't
recall when I last disagreed with its recommended actions. Search and
Destroy requires careful scrutiny of each suggested action. I very seldom
ever bother anymore.

John
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John De Armond
(E-Mail Removed)
http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/o/johngd/
Cleveland, Occupied TN

Neon John wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:31:04 -0500, Rôgêr <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>Jeff wrote:
>>
>>
>>>hi, i'm new here & pretty new w/ computers; seems while surfing awhile
>>>back, i went somewhere i shouldn't have; now, everytime i open the
>>>browser, it's set to a "new homepage" which i think is an
>>>advertisement; i try to reset it, & it just keeps coming back;
>>>suggestions on what to do, where to look? any help appreciated!
>>>thanks!
>>>jeff
>>
>>Try Adaware from:
>>http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-...ml?tag=lst-0-1
>>
>>And Spybot Search and Destroy from:
>>http://www.download.com/Spybot-Searc...ml?tag=lst-0-2
>>
>>Download, install and update them, then run them.
>
>
> Be Very Careful with Search and Destroy. It can get a bit aggressive and
> can take down your system. BTDT. Adaware is more conservative. I can't
> recall when I last disagreed with its recommended actions. Search and
> Destroy requires careful scrutiny of each suggested action. I very seldom
> ever bother anymore.
>
> John

I use it all the time on *lots* of different computers. Not had an issue
like you describe yet. Dumb luck?

Plus, the immunization that isn't available in Adaware's free version is
a nice plus for Spybot.

THANK YOU ALL for your suggestions;
so, I downloaded the spybot, went to advanced user selections, after
having updated, & run a couple times...... went to the browser, &
did not find the problem url listed there..... as it suggested i
might; so, i changed all the ones i thought were related.... turned
it back to "yahoo.com" as startup page, & every stinkin' time i close,
then reopen the browser, it's back to this page....

http: / / here4search.com/enter.htm?id=72

(i put a couple spaces in the / / . . . . . )

anyhow, on the browser, i tried under tools, internet options,
security, to add the above url into the restriced sites, & there, it
tells me that site is "allowed" in some other location on my computer,
that i must first go there, & remove, or disallow it, then come back &
restrict it.....

i've tried just about every combination of turning off, or rebooting,
or re-scanning, or..... i've run out, so,

any more suggestions? i'm "bugged" by this damn thing! (pun
intended......)

thanks all!
jeff

> THANK YOU ALL for your suggestions;
> so, I downloaded the spybot, went to advanced user selections, after
> having updated, & run a couple times...... went to the browser, &
> did not find the problem url listed there..... as it suggested i
> might; so, i changed all the ones i thought were related....
turned
> it back to "yahoo.com" as startup page, & every stinkin' time i
close,
> then reopen the browser, it's back to this page....
>
> http: / / here4search.com/enter.htm?id=72
>
> (i put a couple spaces in the / / . . . . . )
>
> anyhow, on the browser, i tried under tools, internet options,
> security, to add the above url into the restriced sites, & there, it
> tells me that site is "allowed" in some other location on my
computer,
> that i must first go there, & remove, or disallow it, then come back
&
> restrict it.....
>
> i've tried just about every combination of turning off, or
rebooting,
> or re-scanning, or..... i've run out, so,
>
> any more suggestions? i'm "bugged" by this damn thing! (pun
> intended......)
>
> thanks all!
> jeff
I had the same problem, used hijackthis. at this link
http://www.hijackthis.de/
you can enter the log results and it will analyze the log. I was
skeptical at first
but, just dont delete anything that looks important.....baby steps

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:23:48 -0600, "Airhead"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


> I had the same problem, used hijackthis. at this link
>http://www.hijackthis.de/
>you can enter the log results and it will analyze the log. I was
>skeptical at first
>but, just dont delete anything that looks important.....baby steps



thanks for that advice; i tried it, several times, "fixed" ONLY the
files shown as "must fix" & they kept returning; tried fixing, then
rebooting computer, tried fixing several times; they just keep coming
back! HELP ????!!!! seems weird to me, then again, i'm pretty
new at this stuff; any other ideas?

Jeff wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:23:48 -0600, "Airhead"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>
>>I had the same problem, used hijackthis. at this link
>>http://www.hijackthis.de/
>>you can enter the log results and it will analyze the log. I was
>>skeptical at first
>>but, just dont delete anything that looks important.....baby steps
>
>
>
>
> thanks for that advice; i tried it, several times, "fixed" ONLY the
> files shown as "must fix" & they kept returning; tried fixing, then
> rebooting computer, tried fixing several times; they just keep coming
> back! HELP ????!!!! seems weird to me, then again, i'm pretty
> new at this stuff; any other ideas?

It appears that for a newbie, you've done an exceptional job at getting
a browser hijacked. This hijacker seems to not have an easy fix (other
than format/reinstall) but you may want to read over this link:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?E27225D4A