Erm...

OK I went on IE today and I found my home page was different and I had an extra search toolbar put in. I had consistent pop-ups when I used the extra search toolbar. Am I attacked by spyware?

Last edited by Predator on Wed Sep 28, 2005 7:14 pm; edited 1 time in total

Yes, this is what is called a browser hijack.

Download Ad-aware SE Personal: http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Person...tml?tag=lst-0-2

Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.download.com/Microsoft-Windows-...tml?tag=lst-0-1

Use both of those to remove all your spyware.

And consider trying another browser such as Firefox, Mozilla Suite, or Opera.

Yes. Try System Restore if the dangage is extremely bad.

When a bar loads itself onto your comp, you might need to do more than adware scan. Usually, adware scan won't take care of it. So, what I'd do is google \"how to get rid of *\" (* being the name of the search bar). Usually, there's a few pages just for getting rid of those search toolbars.

Post a Hijackthis log.

I killed the search toolbar and killed Internet Explorer. Yay.

So, you use firefox for viewing files on your drive, then?

Last edited by Predator on Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:48 pm; edited 1 time in total

Don't forget about spybot...! dang. The combination of firefox, ad aware and spybot is the best way to secure your comp. Don't forget to activate teatimer with spybot.

And stay away from w4rez...

Last edited by Predator on Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:13 am; edited 1 time in total

Reviews lately have shown that Spybot has lost its old touch. Although it is still a good program, I would recommend Microsoft Antispyware.

Well, i have both of them istalled on my system. And spybot picks up about 30% more than m$ anit-spyware...

My ad-aware does too, but those are tracking cookies, and are not that much of a big deal.