Some thing wrong with my IE 6, i think my computer was hijacked

message from =?Utf-8?B?UFNZ?= on 7 Jun 2004

Recently I realiased that there is an extra menu in my IE ( File, Edit, Favorites, Tools, Help, Main Links).
What is Main Links?
When I click on it, it shows unlimited music dowloads, health, cars and craps.
How to remove this crappy thing from my browser?

Another thing is that every time i start my computer, my quick launch buttons will be swaped and there is a Search Assistant thing appeared on my task bar. I tried removing it, I used spybot to scan my computer and my windows and antivirus always up to date
When I check my regedit, I discovered several ad registery keys and I removed it and it still won't go away. I have pop up blockers. It is driving me nuts, i can't remove it.

Help!!

roger replied to =?Utf-8?B?UFNZ?= on 07 Jun 2004

Hi,

Use toolbar cop:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm

More info about parasites:
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

Download the utility CWshredder:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

Unzip - close *all* instances of IE & OE, hit the executable and
follow
the prompts.

You can also download Hijack This from here:
http://computercops.biz/zx/phoenix22/hijackthis.zip
http://www.computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html
Go here:
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

For instructions on how to use it; you have to post the log it
produces

here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
so experts tell you what is good and what is malware
HijackThis Log Tutorial
http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.php
HiJack This is a program that simply searches for programs that run at
boot time, and checks for browser plug-ins. The results this program
gives you are generally just informative. Most of the programs it will
come up with are valid programs that you actually want running. You'll
have to go through the results and tell the program to delete unwanted
programs. If you can't figure out what some of the programs are, don't
just delete them, research them and/or post them so experts can let
you know what the program does. Just type the program name into google
which gets a decent answer pretty quickly.

Try downloading, installing and updating the
spyware removers from the links below. Run both of them.
Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download

If these don't correct the problem, then get yourself a copy of
BHODemon,

available at
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm

It does not need installing - simply unzip and run the EXE program. It
is easy to use. It will find the hijackware DLL files, and give you
the ability to disable them.

Hope this helps.

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