Highjacked Browser !!

my browser (IE 6) has been highjacked :
my home page has been replaced by a connection to a "self called search engine" and all home page settings facilities have been desabled.

Is there anyway to restore original settings other than remove and reinstall IE 6 ??

How can I prevent this to happen again ?

 

Hi Gilou,

Can you please download HijackThis ?

Unzip -> doubleclick hijackthis.exe -> scan -> save log as gilou.txt and copypaste the complete contnets of it here please. We'll be glad to have a look and help you out.

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Here is the requested file

 

Thanks Gilou,

Have only HijackThis running while staying offline and fix the following :

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://www.couldnotfind.com/search_page.html?&account_id=129192
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://www.couldnotfind.com/search_page.html?&account_id=129192
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.slotch.com/?&account_id=129192
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://www.couldnotfind.com/search_page.html?&account_id=129192

O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present
O6 - HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present

Reboot after doing so and verify if those entries are really gone by comparing them with a new HijackThis scan.

Keep us posted!

Cheers,

 

I did as asked and everithing works fine now§
Many thanks for your help and congratulations for your efficiency. I'll recommand this forum

Cheers
Gilou

 

Glad we were able to help, Gilou

Good job cleaning up

Take care!

Cheers,