Adware "Hijacker" Situation...

From: Montgomery BOO...URNS (solitude439_at_rcn.com)
Date: 08/08/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:53:15 -0400

Hello all:

Here's the problem I have and maybe someone could help me...

First off, I have been using Netscape browser for quite some time now
instead of IE just for the reason that no matter what security measures I
would impose through IE itself or through a third party Internet Security
software, I would still get annoying ad pop-ups when browsing to certain
websites.

Now, I'm using Netscape browser and apparently some sort of adware has been
installed on my system through Internet Explorer and even though IE isn't my
default broswer this particular adware program launches IE anyway, it's
incredibly annoying and I can't get rid of it.

I had this problem before and the solution was pretty simple. All I had to
do was go to my Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs and look for any
unfamiliar programs on the list and uninstall them and it fixed it. This
time around I did the same thing but apparently whatever this is, it doesn't
come with an uninstaller and it's not that easy to get rid of.

I tried using Spybot and other "REGISTRY CLEANER" programs but I'm still
having the same problem. I'm guessing that not only was some sort of adware
bot installed on my system, but whatever it is it's taken over the
fuctioning of Internet Explorer and has actually "hijacked" my browsing
capabilities. Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction to
getting rid of this adware situation once and for all??

TIA

D.C.

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