IE homepage problem

ReignReign New York
edited November 2003 in Science & Tech
Okay i've had this problem for a good 2 weeks now. Nomatter what i set my IE homepage to... either blank or google.com... after i open the window a few times... it changes itself to www.idgsearch.com. So then i change it back to google.com.. and then again after a few minutes changes itself back to idgsearch. I ran adaware many times... virus scan... nothing helped. I tried searching for it on my comp... nothing. What can the problem be?

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  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited November 2003
    Adaware is crap compared to SpyBot.

    Download This

    First update everything for it, then just go and look for the spyware. I'm 99.9% sure it will get rid of it.
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited November 2003
    http://www.tek-tips.com/gpviewthread.cfm/qid/695775/pid/779/lev2/67/lev3/70
  • ReignReign New York
    edited November 2003
    Ugh this thing seems serious.
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited November 2003
    Spybot didn't work?

    If not, clear all your cookies. If that doesn't work uninstall and reinstall IE
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Seems like Hijack This! works on it, just delete the ones with idg in it...

    http://atomnet.co.uk/?p=programs&search=hijack

    NS
  • ReignReign New York
    edited November 2003
    Okay updated and ran the search.... found 27 files that adaware didn't. Now... it found many registry files and i just clicked fix problems. did this delete the registry files or just fix em and create backups?
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited November 2003
    Well, perhaps the registry files that were there were the files you didn't want, but if not Spybot does backup all files just incase. Did it fix it?
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Read that other thread. It clearly states that Adaware and Spybot DO NOT solve the problem, only removing the registry entries via "Hijack This!" does (subject to recent updating to Adaware and SB).

    NS
  • ReignReign New York
    edited November 2003
    Alright ran hijack this and it found about 20 files with igdsearch and a 2020search... deleted all those. Well see how it goes.
  • ReignReign New York
    edited November 2003
    Ugh i went almost an entire day without it and now its back!
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    format C:
    fdisk /mbr
    mkreiserfs /dev/hd0

    NS
  • ReignReign New York
    edited November 2003
    I'm not formatting for one stupid trojan. get real
  • ReignReign New York
    edited November 2003
    i just deleted my googlems.dll ... lets hope it works.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Um, the Google toolbar does not do this normally. However, it does look like a trojan or spyware. One thing that Adaware needs is new adware definition files every few weeks (it is not really a heavily heuristic based killer, it needs definition files just as your Norton AntiVirus does), but the bottom line cure for your box is as Nightshade suggests-- make the box a non-Windows box! :D (J/K)

    Now you know why I surf in Linux 90% of the time. The other 10% is the poor Barton box getting its security and software updates on DIALUP. It does ZERO email pickup and ZERO recreational/hobby surfing.

    John (in Opera 7.21 Registered version, using Thunderbird for email-- bye, bye Mozilla full version, you have a memory leak in KDE 3.1.1, 3.1.2 and 3.1.3)
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited November 2003
    I happened on this page by chance and saw this:

    zzgshp gshp.
    vbs Homepage
    hi-jacker that re-defines your IE or Netscape start page

    The page this is on has a pretty comprehensive list of startup progs both good and bad. Might help. Not realy my forte:

    http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_all.php
  • ReignReign New York
    edited November 2003
    The bitch is back....
  • fudgamfudgam Upstate New York
    edited November 2003
    I had a problem exactly like this with xzoomy. I just went into "Add/Remove Programs" and eliminated the problem from there.
  • fudgamfudgam Upstate New York
    edited November 2003
    I think it was called xzoomy. . . ..
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Reign had this to say
    The bitch is back....

    Okay, remove it one more time, then download and install SpywareBlaster. It will prevent it from trying to reinstall itself. Hopefully.
  • ReignReign New York
    edited November 2003
    I ran the program that MERRICK gave the link to... and it was the only one able to find googlems.dll... so far it's been good. Kwit.. i downlaoded that thing and it found about 1000 spyware... and my other 4 programs (ad aware, spybot, hijack, and cws) didn't find those.. wtf is up with that? I was scared to clean it... i feel itll mess up my computer somehow.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Reign had this to say
    I ran the program that MERRICK gave the link to... and it was the only one able to find googlems.dll... so far it's been good. Kwit.. i downlaoded that thing and it found about 1000 spyware... and my other 4 programs (ad aware, spybot, hijack, and cws) didn't find those.. wtf is up with that? I was scared to clean it... i feel itll mess up my computer somehow.

    Couldn't mess it up any more than how the huge amount of spyware that you managed to install has....

    NS
  • MancabusMancabus Charlottesville, VA
    edited November 2003
    Always check the run local machine and run current user in the registry, or use MSCONFIG if WinXP.

    HKEYLM/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/CURRENTVERSION/RUN
    and
    HKEYCU/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/CURRENTVERSION/RUN

    Then check here to see if a problem

    I had a hijacker on my machine that kept loading, I forgot to check these places, but when I did there was a crappy hijacking exe listed.

    Since installing spywareblaster, I haven't had any spyware at all.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Reign had this to say
    I ran the program that MERRICK gave the link to... and it was the only one able to find googlems.dll... so far it's been good. Kwit.. i downlaoded that thing and it found about 1000 spyware... and my other 4 programs (ad aware, spybot, hijack, and cws) didn't find those.. wtf is up with that? I was scared to clean it... i feel itll mess up my computer somehow.

    Those 1000 you saw are probably the ones that the program is able to PREVENT from getting installed, not the stuff you already have.
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited November 2003
    I ran the program that MERRICK gave the link to... and it was the only one able to find googlems.dll... so far it's been good. Kwit.. i downlaoded that thing and it found about 1000 spyware... and my other 4 programs (ad aware, spybot, hijack, and cws) didn't find those.. wtf is up with that? I was scared to clean it... i feel itll mess up my computer somehow.


    I only saw a list. What program do you speak of? I'd like to try it myself. Thanks.
  • Josh-Josh- Royal Oak, MI
    edited November 2003
    If you think its a trojan, virus, ect, you could try searching for ithere. Might help to get some info on it.

    I'm not positive, but I think that if you try here they may have a large virus database also, from what I remember.

    Best of luck removing it..-Josh
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