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My-Searcher Browser Hijack Please Help
19 years 9 months ago #6940
by lan2wan
My-Searcher Browser Hijack Please Help was created by lan2wan
I have this browser hijacker on a couple of systems on my network and I have tried various ways to get rid of it with no luck. Can someone out there please help me with this.
I have Windows XP OS. I tried to restore the systems to the dates I figure they got infected but the system keeps saying I cannot do a restore. Even Microsoft's trial spyware cannot get rid of it although it knows the hijaker is in the system. Finally. I am unable to browse any websites.
Thanks for your assistance as usual.
I have Windows XP OS. I tried to restore the systems to the dates I figure they got infected but the system keeps saying I cannot do a restore. Even Microsoft's trial spyware cannot get rid of it although it knows the hijaker is in the system. Finally. I am unable to browse any websites.
Thanks for your assistance as usual.
19 years 9 months ago #6942
by MezzUp
Replied by MezzUp on topic Re: My-Searcher Browser Hijack Please Help
#1. Download and install Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D and an anti-virus program of your choice(for example Avast)
#2. Update all programs defenitions.
#3. Reboot to "Safe mode w/o networking"
#4. Let all the programs scan(one after the other) and fix any errors they find.
Hope this helps
#2. Update all programs defenitions.
#3. Reboot to "Safe mode w/o networking"
#4. Let all the programs scan(one after the other) and fix any errors they find.
Hope this helps
19 years 9 months ago #6944
by sahirh
Sahir Hidayatullah.
Firewall.cx Staff - Associate Editor & Security Advisor
tftfotw.blogspot.com
Replied by sahirh on topic Re: My-Searcher Browser Hijack Please Help
Hmm, have you tried spybot search & destroy and lavasoft adaware ?
I really suggest you switch from IE to firefox...
www.mozilla.org/products/firefox
I really suggest you switch from IE to firefox...
www.mozilla.org/products/firefox
Sahir Hidayatullah.
Firewall.cx Staff - Associate Editor & Security Advisor
tftfotw.blogspot.com
19 years 9 months ago #6949
by nske
Replied by nske on topic Re: My-Searcher Browser Hijack Please Help
eheh I am really ashamed to recommend a microsoft's product.. but I tried "microsoft's antispyware" (google it) in some pretty messed up windows machines in a friend's net cafe and it worked magic
19 years 9 months ago #6951
by MaXiMuS
Replied by MaXiMuS on topic Re: My-Searcher Browser Hijack Please Help
Seriously , i'd be the last person to recommend using a microsoft product , but i had myself faced the browser redirect problem due to which i could not surf , but this new microsoft antispyware product did get rid of it (Surprisingly) .Its very important i believe that after runnning a full scan u immediately reboot ur machine , so that the spyware gets removed fully , otherwise it may regenerate.
19 years 9 months ago #6953
by lan2wan
Replied by lan2wan on topic Re: My-Searcher Browser Hijack Please Help
I have tried a couple of these.
The Microsoft Anti-spyware reconizes the hijacker but is not able to get rid of it.
I have run the other anti-spyware programs in safe mode and it is still there. I wonder what to do next.
Thank you all.
The Microsoft Anti-spyware reconizes the hijacker but is not able to get rid of it.
I have run the other anti-spyware programs in safe mode and it is still there. I wonder what to do next.
Thank you all.
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