Re: Hijacked - Search Extender, Shopping Wizard, Home Search Assis

From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:09:01 GMT

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 02:15:03 -0800, CadAps
<CadAps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thanks for taking the time to respond, but just to let you know....your
>suggestions do not work. Appreciate the input though.

Do not work how?

All three are removed by most of the standard spyware/adware removal
tools. You can kill registry keys for all three manually if need be,
but removing completely would require access to the file system, if
not through Windpws Explorer or My Computer then at least through a
DOS prompt. Since none of those three prevent opening Windows
Explorer or My Computer, I suspect your concerns about them are
misplaced.

You haven't mentioned starting in safe moe. Or even what operating
system. If you explain in further detail, you may find other options
besides reformatting and reinstalling from scratch.

Jeff

>"Jeff Cochran" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:27:03 -0800, CadAps
>> <CadAps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >New to the getting "hijacked" epidemic. But it seams that my other PC has
>> >been violated. Can't open Windows Explorer or My Computer. That is where a
>> >flag when up, (not to mention my browser going wherever it wants).
>> >
>> >In Safe mode I can go into Add/ Remove and I first notice these three
>> >suspects: Search Extender, Shopping Wizard, & Home Search Assistant. When I
>> >try to remove them, it opens up a browser and directs me to a page where I
>> >can download more ***....oh goody. I assume that this would not e a good
>> >idea, so how do I get rid of this crap ????
>>
>> Spybot Search and Destroy, AdAware and the Microsoft Anti-Spywrae
>> program all remove these.
>>
>> Jeff
>>