Yes, Another Hijacked browser- VERY nasty
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Date: 05/18/04
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Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 14:42:45 -0700
Did you turn off Windows Restore?
>-----Original Message-----
>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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