Re: Help with Spyware please

From: Jim Byrd (jrbyrd_at_spamlessadelphia.net)
Date: 01/25/05

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    Hi Gordon - Start here. Please post back with your results or if you need
    additional assistance.

    Courtesy of Ron Kinner MVP:

    "There is a German program called Spoonweg.exe which might
    help.

     http://lunatic-skydance.de/mr/soft/SpoonWeg.exe

    It will start to download. Save it somewhere you can find
    it again then Open it and say YES then Click on Trojaner-
    Suchen. If it finds the version of about:blank that it is
    meant to kill it will go and do it then reboot the PC.
    Otherwise it will say Trojaner Spooner wird nicht gefunden.

    Another German program is SpHjFix.exe.

    http://www.trojaner-info.de/cgi-bin/download.cgi?
    file=sphjfix

    This one speaks English so just Press on Start Disinfection
    If it doesn't find its target it will say Not Infected
    across the top of the little window. Otherwise follow the
    instructions.

    Both of these probably run better in Safe Mode (F8 -
    without Networking)

    Finally if both of the above fail then try one of the
    methods in:

    http://www.pchell.com/support/aboutblank.shtml "

    I can also recommend the procedures at www.pchell.com .

    In addition, for your specific Home Search Assistant parasite, try the
    following (extracted from one of my "standard" posts about this family of
    parasites):

    "If your hijacker is Home Search Assistant or one of these:

    - Only The Best
    - Home Search Extender
    - Shopping Wizard
    - res://****.dll/index.html#***** (or simply res .dll)

    first see here:
    http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?p=172774#post172774, and
    here: http://www.pchell.com/support/onlythebest.shtml. Then you can try AT
    YOUR OWN RISK, HSRemove, free, here: http://www.hsremove.com/. "A few
    days ago I got hijacked - Nothing new in that, except this time it was a
    real [censored] to get rid of. - There were simply no tools available to
    remove this "Home Search" thing. Finally I ended up creating my own tool for
    it. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. And if you find it helpful, then please do not
    hesitate to make a contribution."

    Or, you can try AboutBuster, here, which is also designed to remove Home
    Search Assistant: http://www.malwarebytes.biz/" 

    -- 
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
In news:753052CC-7BE1-4945-98A9-2CED449E9786@microsoft.com,
Gordon <Gordon@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> I need some straightforward help
>
> I seem to have spyware on my PC with my homepage defaulting to
> Homesearch & pop up ads appearing
>
> I have loaded Microsoft Antispyware & whilst this has removed items
> the problem still persists with Explorer defaulting to this page &
> pop up ads appearing now & again.
>
> What other free options do I have
>
> Please keep any help simple
>
> Thanks
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