We had this problem at work (I'm a senior computer help desk analyst) -
although with a different hijack...the ONLY thing that would get rid of it
was Ad-Aware. We tried Spybot first to no avail.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Le Dong Phuong" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:25 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Google search page hijacked?
>I have a problem on both my computers. Since yesterday my default search
> page in Maxthon (former myIE) has been hijack by a strange webpage
> supposedly selling various stuff with the title bar "Book Store
> Arts&Photography Biographies&Memoirs Business&Investing...". Whatever I
> search for in Google will result in that page. Even when I typed
> google.com
> directly in address bar it will lead to that page. All links in that page
> has the address of google. Other google addresses like google.com.vn
> (even
> .nv due to typing mistakes) lead also to that page. Other search engines
> (yahoo, msn) are not affected. most updated F-prot antivisrus, Spybot
> S&D,
> Hijackthis did not find anything malicious.
> I have searched the Internet for possible answers. Some symptoms point to
> Qhost but my host file is in tact, not suspicous registry key found. Some
> information suggest it could be a Troyjan or worm. I am at the end of
> wiz.
>
> My comps: Desktop P4 2Ghz with 256MB Ram/laptop PIII 600MHz with 320MB
> RAm.
> Running WinXP SP2 with F-prot antivisrus, Spybot S&D, ZoneAlarm.
>
> Any suggestion will be appreciate.
>
>
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