Search Engine Hijacking

[kruizer]

Whenever I use Google or Yahoo search in internet explorer, I end up getting a pop-up(which ends up being blocked by google pop-up blocker) and then I get a bogus page of search results. Then after clicking the next page it shows up that it would be the first page of the search with the actual results. It doesnt do this with the MSN search or in Firefox, but I don't like either of them. I've tried using Spy-bot and ad-aware to fix it but nothin' works. Does anyone have any suggestions to what else I can try? This is getting really annoying.

Thanks in advanced

 

[apac]

Look through your add/remove programs list and see if any stick out as adware. I've found stuff like the lycos search bar in there when adaware/spybot didn't.

 

[kruizer]

Already looked through that too, nothin suspicious lookin there or in Program Files folder 🙁

 

[Mermaidman]

Have you tried cleaning your PC with Spybot or Ad-Aware? Also, with some of these hijackers, you have to go into the registry and remove the offending keys.

 

[kruizer]

I tried both spybot and adware. Ill look through the registry

 

[Zhou]

I had the exact same problem before I formatted (for another reason).

Tried just about everything and couldn't get rid of it.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: kruizer
I tried both spybot and adware. Ill look through the registry

You need to identify the hijacker first. I did that by looking at the processes that were running (do CTRL-ALT-DEL) and checking the suspicious ones.

Go to Symantec for an example of removing adware!

 

[fredtam]

CWShredder?

 

[Schadenfroh]

see my sig

 

[kruizer]

Sweet, fixed it! Thanks Schadenfroh! That crap started to get really annoying!