Re: I feel like someone has taken over my computer!!!
From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 01/10/04
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 05:18:40 -0500
William,
find-itnow.com = CWS.Alfasearch.2 (coolwebsearch trojan)
AKA: [W32.Bizten][W32.Hostidel.Trojan][TROJ_HOSTIDEL.A]
How to remove Coolwebsearch and affiliates
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch
Note: this type hijack indicates an unpatched machine, that is lacking
in "Defense". Please visit Windows Update to avoid these exploits.
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 01-08-04]
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-- "William Cook" <wcook@recycled-tech.com> wrote in message news:08fe01c3d66b$7060e970$a101280a@phx.gbl... > I'm running XP Pro > Every single time I close and then re-open IE it takes me > to http://www.find-itnow.com/search.html No matter that I > set it to go elsewhere on startup. It gets rewritten > every time its restarted. Not only that, but my favorites > will all be gone and reset to a list of porn pages. So i > can never store somewhere I have been and may want to go > back. I have deleted cookies, temp files, ran Norton > antivirus, I have norton firewall up and running and > still this happens. I can be in the middle of bidding on > something on ebay when all of a sudden my computer will > just start launching into a spasm of multiple browsers > openings, all Porn. It takes me about 10 minutes to get > them all closed and when I do, it only takes 10 -15 > minutes before it all starts over again. I have ad-aware > on my computer and everytime I run it i get 5 - 10 ads > burried in my computer. The wierd thing is all I have > been to is Ebay. Can someone please help me. I'm going > nuts!!! > Respond please to wcook@recycled-tech.com
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