Re: Not Able to Find a Search Engine

From: Phil Weldon (pweldon_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 09/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:02:44 GMT

Is this a VeriSign trojan? B^) No, wait, they do that kind of stuff with
hardware hijacking.

Phil Weldon, pweldon@mindspring.com

"YoKenny" <YKnot@home.invalid> wrote in message
news:eCThE31hDHA.2984@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Kevin wrote:
> > Below is a msg I get when I click on the Search icon on
> > the tool bar:
> >
> > Are you trying to get to Google?
> >
> > Your comuter is running software that doesn't allow you
> > to use Google.
> >
> > You're seeing this page because your computer is trying
> > to send you to a website that is pretending to be
> > Google...........
> >
> > etc, etc, etc....
> >
> > Waht Steps do I take? (This is still part of the msg)
> >
> > The first step is to remove the entry for google from
> > your hosts file. This entry is telling your computer
> > where to send your computer instead of to Google.
> >
> > etc, etc, etc......
> >
> > What is this and what can I do go get rid of it?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Kevin
>
> You might be infected with a trojan! It changes or installs a HOSTS
file
> that blocks all search engines and redirects to itself. Do a
find/search
> on HOSTS (no file extension) and delete it.
>
> NAME:Delude
> ALIAS:Trojan.BAT.Startpage.a
> http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/delude.shtml
>
> Read this:
> http://www.imilly.com/google.htm
>
> Run the "Cool Web Search" Spyware hijacker removal tool.
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
> (Ensure all instances of IE and OE are closed)
> Unzip the tool, hit the executable and follow the prompts.
>
> See this great site.
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>

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