-=PCTechTalk=- Re: "runsearch" invasion!!
- From: "Kathy Ferrell" <fnkdf@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 12:24:14 -0800
Use Spybot or SpywareBlaster. Just search on google. Both are free and
do a great job. Generally you only want to remove the things that are
RED or you could run into trouble but haven't had any problems with them
by just doing that. Make sure to update every time you run them because
just like antivirus apps they have updated defs regularly. With Spybot
you can lock your start page so it can't be hijacked either. Kat
-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Drummer
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 8:42 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- "runsearch" invasion!!
Hi all...
Got invaded by a program called "runsearch.com" I don't understand why
these
idiots do this stuff; don't they realize all of the ill will they create
for
themselves by setting up this invasive crap? I consider it as insulting
an
offense as a virus, and will never, ever use their garbage!!
Anyway, this $%*&^ runsearch.com has inserted itself as my only IE
search
engine available in the Explorer Bar... And it also replaced my IE home
page
with itself.
I was able to restore the IE (5.0) "Use as current" home page to what I
originally had by resetting it in the appropriate Internet Tools box, so
at
least IE again opens to where I want it to. But the "Use default" home
page
box has runsearch.com in it now, and I cannot seem to get rid of it
there?
So:
1] I have runsearch.com as my IE "Default home page". How do I get rid
of
it?
2] runsearch.com has become the only search engine in the IE Explorer
Bar
settings. How do I get rid of it?
3] And how come, when I do a "Find files or folders" lookup for
"runsearch',
it finds nothing?!!
Thanks,
greywoulf
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