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Internet Optimizer - IE is stuck there?

bjc112

Lifer
A friend of mine, ( older computer illiterate friend of the family ) has gotten him self into some trouble...

He was searching god knows what and is now stuck on ..

internet-optimizer.com ... Now i have had him clear EVERYTHING, cookies, TIF... the works.. He cannot download Spybot or Ad-Aware because he is stuck to that page...

If he types in www.yahoo.com or something to that effect it sends him right back to internet optimizer...

What gives?
 
Originally posted by: ClueLis
Spyware, it sounds like.

Yes of course, but how do i go about getting rid of that if i cannot get out the page? How would he download software?

I thought it would be a specific cookie, but we removed all of the related ones, and then ALL of them in general...

Help!

🙂
 
Originally posted by: hopeless879
Can you download Ad-Aware, burn it to a cd and give it to him? Or email it to him?

E-mailed it to him earlier.. But he has AOL... I think it may block .exe extensions... ( I could zip it, but i don't even know if he has Winzip )

Direct link does not work, HE CAN"T LEAVE THE PAGE... That's whats so odd...

Keep em coming, thank you!

😀

BTW, what host file? ( Ad- Aware ) ?

I might have to burn it and mail it...

We used to live 20 minutes away, now i live 2200 miles away in Phoenix.. 😀

Makes it harder.
 
Originally posted by: bjc112
Originally posted by: hopeless879
Can you download Ad-Aware, burn it to a cd and give it to him? Or email it to him?

E-mailed it to him earlier.. But he has AOL... I think it may block .exe extensions... ( I could zip it, but i don't even know if he has Winzip )

Direct link does not work, HE CAN"T LEAVE THE PAGE... That's whats so odd...

Keep em coming, thank you!

😀

BTW, what host file? ( Ad- Aware ) ?

I might have to burn it and mail it...

We used to live 20 minutes away, now i live 2200 miles away in Phoenix.. 😀

Makes it harder.

What OS?

Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts

Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts


Here.
 
Dabuddah,

Looks good to me, I'll talk to him tonight and let you know...

Thanks.

Keep the suggestions coming for backup..
 
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