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coolwwwsearch
Everytime I open my Internet Explorer it does not go to my
homepage but it attempts to go to this www.coolwwwsearch.com. How do I get rid of this? Thanks for any help, |
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coolwwwsearch
You've been hijacked by a variant of the CoolWebSearch parasite.
Download and run CWShredder (http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) which is the best way of getting rid of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker details of which can be found at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html and also http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp.. This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0 from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and use them to check your system for other commercial parasites remembering that they are only as good as when you last updated their reference files. I also use a program called BHODemon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm that checks for unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster (http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) which can help prevent many parasites getting a grip on your PC. Finally if you still continue to experience problems download a copy of HijackThis from (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html). Create a folder called hijackthis on C: and copy the file you downloaded to that folder. Close as many applications as you can including all instances of Internet Explorer and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log, provided that it isn't too long, to this thread, but preferably as a new thread to the HijackThis Forum at http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/ and hopefully this will enable someone to identify the cause of your problem. --? Mike Maltby MS-MVP wrote: Everytime I open my Internet Explorer it does not go to my homepage but it attempts to go to this www.coolwwwsearch.com. How do I get rid of this? Thanks for any help, |
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when i extract the coolweb shredder i get an error starting program it says a
required .DLL file MSVBVM60.DLL was not found, any help for this, thanx, okie " wrote: Everytime I open my Internet Explorer it does not go to my homepage but it attempts to go to this www.coolwwwsearch.com. How do I get rid of this? Thanks for any help, |
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okie,
You need to install the Visual Basic (VB) run time files. These can be downloaded from the link in KB192461 - "VBRun60.exe installs Visual Basic 6.0 run-time files" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192461). Download vbrun60.exe and then double click to install. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2004] okieantiques wrote: when i extract the coolweb shredder i get an error starting program it says a required .DLL file MSVBVM60.DLL was not found, any help for this, thanx, |
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