I checked out all of the Langa Lists (I'm a subscriber to that list and knew what I would find). He covers how to get back your home page that is hijacked.
I tried something different as I couldn't find the controls to the seach screen. I downloaded the newest copy of Ad-Aware. I had been using version 5.7 and it didn't seem to find anything. Version 5.8 found everything, especially when you run a deep scan on the registry. It found 15 keys related to "Lop.com", and it took them all out. Now I got my original search screen back and it works fine.


On Sat, 4 May 2002 12:57:11 +1200, Ian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I have an idea I saw something about this in a Fred Langa (Langa List)
>newsletter - try a Google search for 'Langa lop.com' and see what
>transpires.  I know there was a fix for it.
>Ian Porter
>Computer Guys
>Arrowtown
>New Zealand
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Murtaugh"
>
>
>> I've read awhile back about some sites hijacking your home page and
>placing shortcuts on your desktop and in favorites folder. I've clicked on a
>site that did all of that and also took over my search screen. I got
>everything back to normal except the search screen. I used to be able to
>change what sites I wanted to come up when I clicked on the search button at
>the top of Internet Explorer but now all references to any changes have
>disappeared. I'm using IE 5.0 and the site that hijacked me is "Lop.com"
>
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