Re: Hijacked IE6 Browser

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 05/30/03


Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 15:02:24 -0600


Lee;
You may have a virus but you most likely have spyware:
Run an updated virus scan.
Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/ (Update if you already have it)
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/ (Update if you already have it)

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
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"Lee Vyborny" <lhv@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:037201c326ed$c37d2890$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> My IE6 Browser appears to have been hijacked and I want
> to know how to get rid of the problem.
>
> Each time I log on to the internet the screen I designate
> as my home page is preceded by the following:
>
> http://p13715.sbnl.com/passthrough/index.html?
>
> When I change the Home Page designation in the General
> section of Internet Properties and delete existing files
> and cookies, this prefix still reappears after each
> restart.
>
> What else can I do to remove this annoying problem?


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