Yes, Another Hijacked browser- VERY nasty

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From: Steve (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/18/04 

Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 17:48:23 -0700

Okay, I know, I know, here are many posts on hijacked
browsers, but I can't find a resolution.

Windows XP Home- IE6

Had Norton, and it didn't pick up anything. Downloaded
Spybot search and destroy and it found a bunch of stuff,
but my browser was still hijacked, with an additional
menu system. Downloaded Ad-aware and it found tons of
stuff, still have browser hijacking. It finds the
registry problems with the bad registry for the IE search
info. It inserts a entry into the registry named "search
bar" as well.

Ad-aware didn't fix it, but it finds the bad registry
info. When I delete the entries, within minutes, it's
back to where it was.

I then went and bought McAfee Internet Security Suite,
installed it, ran Virus scan, and their anti-spyware
programs. Found nothing.

Installed spyware blaster- didn't fix it.

Installed cws shredder - didn't fix it.

Installed hijackthis - didn't fix it.

I can see everything happening in the registry, but I
can't figure out where it's coming from.

I did a clean boot, started turning services on and it
came back up when I turned system services on.

Any idea how to find out what's causing this? Also, I
notice my lsass file is all capital letters, where it's
not capitals on my laptop. Does this mean anything?

Thanks-

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