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I have had my Homepage hijacked by what I believe to be a virus. My new homepage is automatically redirected to http://turbo-search101.com/. I think I acquired this through trying to download an Internet download booster (shakes head in shame). It is on my work PC (running XPSP2, and using Firefox as my default browser). My OS is Korean and I am on the school network. That's about it.
[b]ANY[/b] help would be greatly appreciated as I am tired of this feeling of violation.
Thanks

[recovering space - attachment deleted by admin]Please download Combofix by sUBs from one of the below links.
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Important! Combofix.exe MUST be saved to and ran from the Desktop.
  • Close any open Web browsers. (Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc) before STARTING Combofix.
  • Important! Temporarily disable your antivirus, script blocking and any antispyware real time protection before performing a scan.
    • Click this link to see a list of SECURITY programs that should be disabled and how to disable them.
    • If yours is not listed and you don't know how to disable it, please ask.
  • Warning: Combofix disconnects your computer from the internet. The connection is automatically restored before Combofix completes its run.
  • Double click combofix.exe & follow the prompts.

      • From the keyboard select 1 and press Enter[/COLOR]
      • When finished, it will produce a log for you.
      • Post that log in your next reply.
      Warning: Do not mouseclick combofix's window while it is running. That may cause it to stall
      • If Combofix runs into difficulty and terminates prematurely, the connection can be manually restored by restarting your computer.
      • Important: Remember to re-enable your antivirus and antispyware before reconnecting to the Internet.
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    A simpler way would go to Internet Properties and change it BACK to what you want for your home page. I freaked out the first couple of times it happened to me. Sometimes when you visit a webpage, it asks you if you want it to be your homepage. I always click "no" or if there is no negative option, I just leave "yes" unchecked. Fortunately, this doesn't happen very often, and you won't have to change it back all the time. You can type in "about:blank" (without quotations) if you dont want a homepage. I usually have Google or Yahoo for my homepage.Quote
    A simpler way would go to Internet Properties and change it back to what you want for your home page.
    No.if you have a system restore point, then you can just use system restore and go backwards to the most recent point in time, just before you downloaded your software that supposedly hijacked your homepage.

    Once you do that, DON"T make the same mistake :-)

    That's the fastest way that I know to be sure that your problem is fixed without having to wade through firefox/internet properties or using other software to fix. And besides, you might already have infected your computer with a spyware.Guys please, if you want to be on the malware helpers list PM CBMatt for details.

    Adding comments after a fix has already been given just adds confusion to the thread.

    Thanks.Well, it is now pretty MUCH out of my hands. My boss brought in somebody who took my PC. It is to be reformatted and XP (English) installed. This was planned, but does it take care of the problem? I was using Firefox and had Foxmarks installed. Should I be WORRIED about contamination of my home PC since it hijacked my browser (incidentally it had no effect on IE)? I have printed off a copy of your previous instructions, made the correct adjustments (at home and will at work), and plan to run through the steps periodically as part of maintenance. Thanks for your time and attention. The format will take care of any problems. Foxmarks will save your bookmarks but you will need to reinstall all of your add-ons including foxmarks.

    If you use a flash drive between the two computers then it is wise to run spyware/virus scans on every computer the flash drive was used on. Flash drives can "cross contaminate" computers.

    Cool. Will do. Thanks again for the help.No problem, safe surfing.........


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