Re: about blank count.cc

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:10:03 -0700

blue_laser wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am close to becoming incoherent. The home page on my
> IE6 is set to "about blank". However when I launch the
> browser the page is full of javascript links that point
> to a web site count.cc.
> Can someone help me in getting rid of this problem. Some
> time ago I saw a post with how to remove this spyware in
> this forum. The post also mentioned that it is not an
> easy problem to solve. I am not able to locate the post.
>
> I am running Windows XP (Home, SP1)
> Thanks for any help/pointers.

Remove spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy from
www.safer-networking.org and Ad-aware from www.lavasoftusa.com. Be sure
to update these programs before running them. These programs are free,
so run them both since they complement each other. It is best to run
antivirus and spyware removal tools in Safe Mode. You may also want to
run CWShredder and HijackThis from http://aumha.org/freeware.htm.
Although CWShredder is no longer being updated, it will still clean
older variants of the CoolWebSearch malware. A combination of
HijackThis and About:Buster (www.majorgeeks.com) is useful in clearing
homepage hijackers. Please read the instructions carefully. Make sure
you are running a firewall.

Sometimes manual deletion of files is necessary to remove malware. This
requires skill and a deep knowledge of the Windows operating system. If
you don't have this, you might want to take the machine to a good local
computer professional for cleaning. Here are some other resources to
help you in removing malware:

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm - Repair Winsock 2 settings after
removing spyware
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm - ToolbarCop
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://forum.aumha.org/ - look under "Security" for various forums
http://www.pchell.com/
http://www.netrn.net/spywareblog/
http://www.spywareguide.com/index.php
http://scumware.com/
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm The Parasite Fight

Malke 

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MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
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