HELP!!! Computer related problems! more specifically, a nasty malicious java program that wormed itself around the program of IE (internet explorer)

ok here is the thing, as usual, i cleaning out my email from junkmail (hotmail) especially porn. now what i do instead of blocking them, i usually unsubscibe.. Now the problem is that one of the links, for unsubscribtion, i clicked on that blasted porn junkmail led me into this website that somehow has a hidden malicous java code program that advertises porn when im surfing somewhere else!!! not only that, it has affected the entire internet explorer so that everytime i go into the internet, my homepage is thier porn webpage. and when i go off thier webpage i see all those porn advertisments.. now popups as well...

i did everything from deleting the temp internet files to cookies as well as changing my homepage and deleting history bookmarks .. its not working.. :( because after opening the second internet exploere im reverted back to thier blasted homepage and back to the original problem. im at a lost now how to remove the blasted program.. i do not wish to uninstall and reinstall IE since the IE outlook has very important business emails and thier mails from thier database..

help please? its not a virus or hack, its a malicous advertisment porn program that has infected my computer... what i need to do is either get rid of this program or save first all the data from the outlook email and all others then reinstall the IE.

im showing you the website link so that people should avoid this website at all cost
WARNING: here is the website link.. i would suggest that you do not click it unless you have a firewall or something that blocks this kind of thing.

EDIT: (just pm me if you want to check the website.. its your own funueral.. just beware..
note: its not a exactly a porn website but a site that advertises porn.

[ 07-25-2003, 06:14 AM: Message edited by: Harkoliar ]

Harkoliar :hapywave:


It may be a good idea to remove that link and perhaps just PM it to people who ask specifacaly for it. Try downloading spybot, memnoch IIRC gave it a big thumbs up recantly. It works great for me. And you can try a free virus check of your computer from symantec (norton).

at last!! its solved (thanks to reading that other post "Messenger Service Pop-ups" and thanks for the post of Azimaith about ad-aware.. worked like a charm and deleted the stupid bug.. turns out it was programed to go to i-look homepage everytime i open internet explorer and "hijacked" the pop-ads of other webpages.. very nasty .. why even in IW i was seeing porn (which i thought looked very weird indeed)

oh yeah edited the post above like wellard said.. there are still some youngsters here ..

One last thought, Harkoliar: Never reply to the unsubscribe link. When you do that, it confirms you are a live email address, and immediately become more valuable for sale to others.

Unless, that is, you enjoy getting lots of ads for porn and the like... :D

Glad to hear that Spybot cleaned it up. It, Ad-Aware, and Popup Killer are my holy trinity of safe surfing.