Re: spyware
- From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 12:56:41 -0500
Thanks, I'll look into this. And if I have to reformat, it's not a problem
with the Windows XP unattended setup. It's just time consuming. Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: spyware
> Jack,
>
> Try running the HijackX Utility.
>
> There are also some other hijacked webpage browser removal tools. You can
> try
> checking these out as well, hopefully you can avoid reformatting.
>
>
>
> This little didy will get rid of some of the more well known Home page
> Hijackers.
> CoolWebShredder
> http://www.spychecker.com/program/cwshredder.html
>
> Hijack This and BHODemon and Browser Hijack Blaster
>
> Hijack This
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip |
> Written by a member of our support forums and based on our Hijacked!
> article,
> this program scans the locations in your computer system that may be
> modified
> by browser hijackers and fixes any problems found. An easy-to-understand
> tutorial is available at TomCoyote.org.
>
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=sp#det
> BHODemon
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/ |
> Think of BHODemon as a guardian for your Internet browser: it protects you
> from unknown Browser Helper Objects (BHOs), by letting you enable/disable
> them
> individually. This program is my choice for BHO detection and is highly
> recommended.
>
> Browser Hijack Blaster
> http://www.wilderssecurity.net/bhblaster.html |
> Running silently in the background, Browser Hijack Blaster only springs
> into
> action when an attempt is made. It watches and protects the following
> items:
> IE Homepage, IE Default Page, IE Search Page, BHOs. Whenver one of the
> above
> items is changed, or a BHO is added, you are immediately provided with
> information
> on the item, along with the option to keep the change, or revert to your
> previous settings.
>
>
> Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
>
> Steve
> k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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