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Cerek the Barbaric · 06-02-2004, 10:18 PM

My regular PC is in the shop undergoing a serious upgrade, so I hooked up my boys PC and I've been using it during the interim. Within 2 days of hooking it up, I was infected with an internet hijacker [img]graemlins/madhell.gif[/img]

It keeps changing my homepage to "about.blank" or "Second Thought" or a page warning that my PC may be infected with spyware.

I've run Ad-Aware, Spybot and Hijack This and deleted the infections they detected, but it seems like the hijacker is still in my system somewhere.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

06-02-2004, 10:18 PM	#1
Cerek the Barbaric Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: North Carolina Age: 61 Posts: 3,257	My regular PC is in the shop undergoing a serious upgrade, so I hooked up my boys PC and I've been using it during the interim. Within 2 days of hooking it up, I was infected with an internet hijacker [img]graemlins/madhell.gif[/img] It keeps changing my homepage to "about.blank" or "Second Thought" or a page warning that my PC may be infected with spyware. I've run Ad-Aware, Spybot and Hijack This and deleted the infections they detected, but it seems like the hijacker is still in my system somewhere. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/cerek/cerektsrsig.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /><br />Cerek the Calmth