Unremovable Spyware!

winwinwintk

How can I deal with a hijacked browser start-up page (a crappy search-engine thing)? Ad-Aware 6.0 "deletes" it, but it's always there again whenever I next log-on. Changing the start up page via Tools/Internet options hasn't helped to get rid of it either. I've also tried getting rid of it with Spybot 1.3 too, without any success. Indeed Spybot doesn't even detect it!

I'm not an expert, so I don't want to have to re-format my hard disk if I can get away without having to do so. Any suggestions please? Am I doomed to being permanently spied upon?

Beninio88

You need CWShredder from the following website:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
Hope this helps.

libra10

One thing you could do is 'System Restore' to a date before you were hijacked.
Pest Patrol also gets rid of many pests, but I think you have to pay for it.

The_Nickster

 
Pest Patrol also gets rid of many pests

Can it get rid of Digging Out?

System

Have you used the 'Advanced' section of SpyBot?
Go there, click on 'Tools' and find the section pertaining to Starter pages. You should be able to delete and redirect the page from there.

winwinwintk

Thanks a lot Beninio88/Libra/Donnie. I'll spend the weekend trying out your great suggestions to try to get myself un-hijacked! Libra, is it possible to explain how I set the System Restore option to a date before I was hijacked please (I use Windows XP)? I'm a bit of a novice as you can probably tell! ???

LincsLad_3

Link: Use System Restore to Undo Changes if Problems Occur

System

After going to Tools, the section you need to go to is 'Browser Pages'. SpyBot should give you the option to delete or redirect the dodgy page to one that you want.
SpyBot also has a tool that allows you to 'lock' Internet Explorer' against any changes.

libra10

Lincslad's link should help winwin.
Good luck

Robin_T_Cox

You need to immunize your system so that the spyware cannot re-install themselves after you have cleaned them out. Use the Immunize facility in Spybot S&D to do this, or even better, get (freeware) SpywareBlaster:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

If you still have a problem, see:
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showtopic=282

Follow the advice to get expert help.

Claddie

Some of the spyware etc. is getting pretty advanced.

Got a couple recently, my own fault, being my usual blazze breenge in kind o guy,

Shazza and Mirar.

Could not find software to remove and manual removal did not work for me ( has worked for others). Had to do a restore. Decided to take it right back to the beginning to improve performance so in a way did me a favour