Installed Spyware blaster - now I get notices every minute or so

Discussion in 'SpywareBlaster & Other Forum' started by BAHappyFace, Apr 22, 2004.

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  1. BAHappyFace

    BAHappyFace Registered Member

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    My browser has been hijacked! I downloaded the Spyware Blaster software and now I get a popup saying that my browser has been changed about every 60-seconds... it's killing me. I'm only marginally computer literate. Can someone tell me what to do next? I obviously need to remove the spyware or at least change the settings so I don't get the pop-up but I don't know how.

    Thanks!
     
    BAHappyFace, Apr 22, 2004
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  2. LowWaterMark

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    Do you mean SpywareGuard? SpywareBlaster doesn't alert about hijacks, that's part of SpywareGuard's browser hijack protection.

    Can you tell us what the alert states the two different pages are (i.e. page being changed from what, to what)? Sometimes it's a configuration issue not a real hijack.

    However, the best way to determine if your system has spyware already embedded on it is to follow the instructions in this thread:

    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=15913
     
    LowWaterMark, Apr 22, 2004
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  3. BAHappyFace

    BAHappyFace Registered Member

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    Sorry about that... yes, I did mean SpywareGuard. Notice reads:

    An attempt to change Internet Explorer settings has been detected
    Warning: Your IE homepage has been changed!

    Your Internet Explorer current user homepage has been changed from

    http://www.yahoo.com
    to
    c:\searchpage.html

    Thank you
     
    BAHappyFace, Apr 22, 2004
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  4. BAHappyFace

    BAHappyFace Registered Member

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    Posted my log in the other forum - thx
     
    BAHappyFace, Apr 22, 2004
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  5. LowWaterMark

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    Very good. You have an answer over there, so follow up in that thread until they say your system is clean and then we'll look at SpywareGuard again if the problem continues.

    FYI - Link to related thread:

    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=28978
     
    LowWaterMark, Apr 22, 2004
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