Re: Virus changing home page
From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 04/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:58:03 -0400
P. Schwartz,
nkvd.us = Coolwebsearch trojan
Requires CWShredder 1.56.2
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
How to remove Coolwebsearch and affiliates
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch
Note: this type hijack indicates an unpatched machine, that is lacking
in "Defense". Please visit Windows Update to avoid these exploits.
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-- "P. Schwartz" <tiredmomps@hotmailcom> wrote in message news:1b61701c420a4$f2a17750$a301280a@phx.gbl... > Help, > > I have a virus that is taking over my IE 6.0 home page. > I can not change my home page. Everytime I do it changes > back. > > I can not find the program that is causing this. I > changed the homepage in regedit however, it too keeps > changing back. > > The URL of the bad home page s http://nkvd.us/ anybody > have any ideas how to get of this? > > P. Schwartz
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