Re: A Trojan changed my IE settings!

From: taff (taff_at_the-valleys.com)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:11:24 +0100

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 01:57:17 -0700, "flamin"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Whenever I type a URL into the address bar, it always
>takes me to the same page (searchpage.cc). I believe this
>is because of a Trojan virus I received the other day
>which also changed my homepage and default search page.
>Hyperlinks still work fine. Does anyone know how to fix
>this problem?

Removal instructions here.
http://www.mac-net.com/533088.page
Also install Spybot S&D.

Taff...........

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