RE: IE Hijacked??

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From: MAP (MAP_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/03/04


Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:18:02 -0800


"Lori Williams" wrote:

> When I get on the internet I cannot get to a lot of websites, however I can
> get to some. I think that I've been hijacked, but I've run all the programs
> like ad-aware, spybot S&D, CW shredder, hijack this, virus scan, etc. and
> nothing seems to work. I also cannot get into the windows update to get the
> critical updates that I have been ignoring (my fault). What else could be
> the problem and what else could I do to fix it? Do I need to do a reload
> repair or just wipe everything out and redo my computer. Please help.

Hi Lori, when you scanned with Ad-Aware and Spybot did either program give
you a name of something that they found?If so Please post it here.



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