Re: about:this hijacked my cool web search please help.

From: H Leboeuf (NoAddress_at_generation.invalid)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:54:23 -0400

You will need this removal tool.
More: Complete list by variant with up-to-date information.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html
More: Removal tool: http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip

Important: "So how did I get infected in the first place?"
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=3051 

-- 
Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===
"David W"
<addy_only_to_report_spm_no_message_sent_to_it_will_be_seen@hotmail.com>
wrote in message news:p%HBc.21$E84.1@edtnps89...
> "Gregory Kleverlaan" <g12345567@nospam.yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:2jhiknF11m9f7U1@uni-berlin.de...
> > my internet explorer has been hijacked.
> > whenever I set my browser to USE BLANK as my default home page
> "ABOUT:THIS"
> > pops up and an annoying "search for.." web page along with another
> annoying
> > popup.
> >
> > about:this has been hijacked my "search for.." some sort of search
> engine as
> > my default home page and I can't get rid of it.
> >
> > I have run ad-aware latest version and it detects that "about:this"
> has been
> > hijacked by "cool web search" but it can't seem to get rid of it.
> >
> > Please help with a solution to getting rid of this its driving me
> crazy and
> > so damn annoying.
> >
> >
> The bosses computer had this on it.  Everyone else at work is more
> careful about using the firewall and antivirus programs and their common
> sense when opening attachments and allowing cookies to run.  It was a
> pain to get rid of.  Spybot does not get it because it seems to leave
> some registry entry in place that just restores cool search at the next
> boot up.  cwshredder was the name of the utility that finally killed the
> little bugger.
>
> Good luck with it.
>
> 8>/     David W
>
>

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