My IE homepage is stuck @ http://www.searchdot.net/... how do i fix it?

[MustangSVT]

I've tried to change the homepage to somewhere else, also set it to blank...

ran ad-aware several times..(with the updates)..

but every time i reboot the computer and open IE, it goes to http://www.searchdot.net/...

how do i fix this?

IMPORTANT- I didnt link it since I dont want you guys to have same problem...

any idea?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Tools > Internet Options

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Tools > Internet Options

OH YOU ARE SO SMART!!

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Tools > Internet Options

My brother has the same problem with another site, adaware didn't help him either...

 

[Entity]

Search for searchdot.net in the registry; see if there are some settings that need to be changed. Try running spybot as well.

Rob

 

[duragezic]

You got schiested by some shady program.

 

[lokiju]

go to download.com and do a search for ad aware, download it, install and run, it will remove all spy/ad-ware from you pc, plus its free!

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: blazert40
go to download.com and do a search for ad aware, download it, install and run, it will remove all spy/ad-ware from you pc, plus its free!

were you sent here by AgaBooga ?

Entity, i installed spybot and it got about 5 more registry strings and deleted them, restarted.. computer...

crossed my finger... argg but its still here... this is getting annoying.

 

[waylman]

reinstall windows!

 

[Hammer]

like someone said before, regedit.

 

[Vic]

yuo = teh hax0r3d


Seriously, you have some type of virus or spyware (like there's a difference). What OS? XP? If so, run msconfig and check the start-up tag. Then run regedit and delete the offending registry start-up items. If that doesn't work, do a virus scan.

edit: if you're using 2k, ask someone with XP for the msconfig.exe from their Windows folder. It'll copy straight across and run.

 

[gwlam12]

maybe run a virus scan?

 

[Ameesh]

format

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: blazert40
go to download.com and do a search for ad aware, download it, install and run, it will remove all spy/ad-ware from you pc, plus its free!

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Tools > Internet Options

do people just not read the body of messages anymore?

 

[Soccer55]

If you're on Windows 98, try running msconfig to see if something is running at startup. My mom's computer had a similar problem with xupiter.com and after disabling it through msconfig and deleting registry keys, her computer was back to normal.

-Tom

 

[OutHouse]

Its called "homepage hijacking"

Download and run Ad-ware 6 and it will fix it.

 

[MustangSVT]

im beginning to think its a virus.

i checked out microsoft on this and it seems like it i use winxp pro btw.

hmmm im checking msconfig now and there are 3 things i dont recognize.

msoffice (but i dont have ms office) C:\windows\fonts\msoffice.hta (no file found and im checking.)

registry string is . HKCU\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run. and what do i see there?

deafault

ms offce C:\windows\fonts\msoffice.hta

steam

HMMMMMM... could this have gotten thru with steam?? (for cs update).. interesting.

 

[Soccer55]

Maybe this will help.

-Tom

 

[Kenny]

Found this:

Hijack This! pointed out a file called "msoffice.hta", hidden in the Fonts directory. I searched for the file, and opened it directly from the search window with Text Editor. This revealed the "searchdot.net" hijack. Note: You won't see it if you open the Fonts directory, as it's specially configured to only show font files such as TTF.
I searched for msoffice.hta in the REGEDIT, and removed it. (It came up as a start-up file.) I also deleted the file from my computer.

This fixed it!

Hope it helps.

Edit: I lost by a minute

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: blazert40
go to download.com and do a search for ad aware, download it, install and run, it will remove all spy/ad-ware from you pc, plus its free!

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Tools > Internet Options

do people just not read the body of messages anymore?

citrix joins the party


anyway.. after deleting those things & changing registry, homepage is working properly now..

well ill use this the way it is for awhile but i guess ill pull the image back from ghost soon thanx ppl.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: MustangSVT

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Tools > Internet Options

OH YOU ARE SO SMART!!

My bad, I was only trying to help. I hadn't read the whole post very carefully...

 

[FiLeZz]

you can always do a winxp rollback from before the time of having the issue..