Re: MSN hijacking
From: Lizred (Lizred_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/16/05
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:11:02 -0800
Jan Il,
Thank you for your reply. I was able to change the homepage back to my
choice but the change wouldn't stick. Then I did another full system scan
with Norton AV (after my daily check for updates), ran Spybot, Adaware SE and
also ran the additional little program CW Shredder. None of the scans
indicated a problem except DSO exploit showed up as a problem on Spybot and
the explanation blames Microsoft for the hole. Deleting this problem
sometimes causes difficulty booting, but sometimes doesn't cause it. DSO
Exploit did show in Spybot and I did allow the progam to "fix" the problem.
After running CW Shredder and the other scans, I changed the homepage to my
preference applied the change and rebooted and am now back where I wanted to
be.
My curiosity is peaked because the scans all showed no problems except in
Spybot, but now my MSIE ver 6 is behaving itself.
Appreciate your assistance. I am very reluctant to visit many websites and
really watch my system even with updates from other software companies.
Surfing isn't the fun it used to be! I mainly visit academic sites,
government sites and a few cartoonist's personal homepages. I tend to avoid
most sites if they require cookies...even had to change my settings to get to
post on this page.
Is DSO Exploit a spyware program? Could this have caused the change?
This board is invaluable!
Liz
"Jan Il" wrote:
> Hi Lizred :-)
>
> In what way is the MSN.com taking over your homepage? Are you changing it to
> your real homepage and it is changing back each time you open IE? Have you
> tried troubleshooting why it won't stay? Just so that we know that it is
> being hijacked, and not just a problem with the change not holding. This can
> happen without being hijacked. You might check out the following and see if
> it will help, if it not truly hijacked.
>
> Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly,
> or You Cannot Change Your Home Page Setting
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=320159&product=ie
>
> And also work through the information here:
>
> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> What You Should Know About Spyware
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Jan :)
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> that's why they're so contagious.
>
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>
>
> >I downloaded the shredder mentioned in the other posts about getting
> > hijacked. I will run it shortly. I would like to report that my homepage
> > is
> > getting hijacked by MSN.COM is this a similar spyware program? I run
> > WinXP
> > Pro service pack 2 with Adaware (paid version) and Spybot to check for
> > spyware as well as Norton Utilities. I just downloaded a new definition
> > for
> > the Spybot program and had to restart my system because of an AV update,
> > when
> > I went back online MSN had taken over the IE. I am not happy, but would
> > like
> > to know if this problem is related to the others. I am getting
> > increasingly
> > frustrated with simple research online because of this problem and the
> > change
> > that also occured to the way I search. I am ready to back to a library
> > and
> > search open stacks versus fighting with a computer. I know how to change
> > settings and even build computers. I am reluctant to change my registry,
> > but
> > will should I need to.
> >
> > Thanks. Wonder if MS knows of this hijack?
> > --
> > Lizred
>
>
>
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