My Browser Has Been Hijacked

**Jg427** · 06-26-2004, 04:21 AM

The hijacker is HomeOldSP about:blank.

The fix I posted earlier would have worked temporarily. It comes back after you reboot. The damn thing has a hidden .dll file that reinstalls it.

The best fix I have run across is in this post at Spyware Info forum. It uses a program called FINDnFIX to track down the hidden .dll.

**backlash** · 06-26-2004, 09:13 AM

also "remove" any files in C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files that you didn't install.

**Robert00000** · 06-26-2004, 02:10 PM

Ok, the first question anyone should have asked is what do mean exactly by hijack, because there are many ways the browser can be hijacked.

Do you mean each time you start the browser you are taken to a particular page or is there a pop up when you launch the browser or do you get just multiple windows opening for no reason etc.

And very importantly which site are you taken to, because this may be a clue to what type of hijacker this is.

**aoyv73** · 06-26-2004, 02:20 PM

This is very nasty just gets worse and worse time to dump ie full stop?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/24/sp...e_crosses_line/

**FuNkY CaPrIcOrN** · 06-26-2004, 02:59 PM

Originally posted by aoyv73@26 June 2004 - 09:28
This is very nasty just gets worse and worse time to dump ie full stop?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/24/sp...e_crosses_line/

Good article aoyv73.And like that person said.....

"Self-updating code. Hijacked home pages. Applications installed without your knowledge. Toolbars you don't want and never asked for. Your movements on the Web are tracked and recorded. All this, and yet we still call this stuff "spyware"?

It's a sad day for the Internet community when an 8-year-old girl, through a single click, is not only subjected to graphic pornography but has caused a nefarious, hard-to-remove application to be installed. An application that spews porn at every turn — plus gives you links to more porn that cannot be removed without a significant investment in a parent's time and frustration.

When spyware crosses the line, it's not spyware anymore. It's a virus - and in my opinion, should be dealt with by the anti-virus companies."

It is not spyware anymore.And there is a few more threads that have been poping up around here where others are getting hit also.

It bullshit when a man can not even have a good jerk after coming home from the bar at 3 in the morning anymore.

I just want my damn homepage back you fucks!!

*I know there are kids on this forum so sorry for the Language.*