IE Hijacked!

From: Austin Travis (austin_travis_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:55:28 -0700

Someone visited a porn site on my computer with Internet
Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Win2k with all security
updates. Now there are two "Toolbars" on IE that I have
tried to delete in "Views" and everytime I launch again
they are back. Also porn site windows launch automatically
and each one I close launches several more. At the
conclusion of this cycle, which can only be stopped by
closing IE, there are Icons all over the desktop for
spurrious programs such as "Spyware killer", "Internet
accelerator", "Delete evidence", "Popup Killer", "Hot
Matchup", "IFriends", etc. I have tried uninstalling
Internet Explorer and when I replace it they are all back.
Is there any way to clear this crap without rebuilding the
hard drive? I am now using Mozilla Firefox for Internet
browsing but it's disconcerting to think there are programs
and settings lurking on the hard drive just waiting for IE
to be launched so they may spring out again.

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