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SunnyH	Date: October 15, 2004 @ 11:50 AM A UK based company that infiltrates your computer constantly by hijacking your computer with their stupid "Search For" page. No matter how many times I clean out my computer using Hijack this, etc., etc., I still get it back. They are the WORSE company there is and for the life me I have no idea why they are still allowed to be in business after reeking so much havoc on the internet!
killoFunk	Date: October 15, 2004 @ 12:45 PM Yeah, I've seen that before when i was using Internet Explorer. Now that I've switched to Mozilla Firefox, I haven't seen that at all. Don't know what browser you're using, but you might try it.
Cryxan	Date: October 15, 2004 @ 5:12 PM Yeah if you're using IE, you're just asking for it.
gumbee	Date: October 15, 2004 @ 5:53 PM I use mozilla firefox 1.0 (newest). I ditched IE years ago - Im very happy with mozilla
kyodylee	Date: October 15, 2004 @ 9:50 PM I use WinXP Pro SP1, IE6. Not that I'm an IE fan or anything, but I've never been infected with anything, ever. But I guess you could say I'm a bit of a fanatic about keeping my 'puter safe as I can. I just keep everything updated, and am careful in my surfing habits and what I open up in my browser. Nary a trouble .... knock on wood ....
SunnyH	Date: October 19, 2004 @ 11:16 PM Thanks everyone! I'm switching to Mozilla! You guys are the best! Sunny
TameasDust	Date: October 20, 2004 @ 1:59 AM right now using firefox 1.0 ... it's kinda cool
shadowself	Date: October 31, 2004 @ 10:01 PM http://www.adwareaway.com/aboutblank.htm
shadowself	Date: October 31, 2004 @ 10:06 PM http://computercops.biz/article-5199-nested-0-0.html
sqrlcub	Date: November 1, 2004 @ 9:23 AM Yet another recommendation for Firefox. The tab-in browsing alone makes it worth it. You should probably also get a spyware removal software like adaware... http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ They help if you get your browser hijacked like it seems you have.
wet1	Date: November 1, 2004 @ 9:35 PM Pain in the butt, isn't it? The About :blank makes an error that the spyware, probably more properly should be called a trojan, makes use of to hijack your browser. Most typically comes from CWS or CoolWebSearch. Look for CWS.Shredder, it is a free program. For about 80% of the cws this will take care of it. For the other 20% just as well go ahead and format your hd and be done with it. I know that means a lot of hassle but have spent sometime with this stuff seeing what makes it tick. I would highly recommend you disconnect from the internet till it is out of your system. Once in your system, firefox won't help you.
pog	Date: November 1, 2004 @ 10:02 PM I recently had a client that was breached by a nasty new variant .... prosearching toolbar. I spend ages trying to find a program that could remove it, but nothing worked. Every time I disabled it, even using Hijack this (not for noobs or the lighthearted), but nothing worked. I eventually found that it was located in the add-remove programs, but it's impossible to remove unless you enter the code in the picture during an unistall procedure. (You know those new jpeg or gif based uninstallers that can't be automatically removed.) I must say that that particular spyware was a royal pain in the ass. And yes ... everyone should switch to mozilla firefox because prevention is betterer than the cure. The main reason that mozilla based browsers are betterer is because the exploits that they are using to gain control of internet explorer are utilising bugs within i.e. itself.... because mozilla is based on netscape (pretty sure it is, anyways) the rogue code is ignored because it doesn't make sense to the browser, thus it has no effect on your system. Another thing worth mentioning is that when these trojans or more malicious spywares try to install on your system, often I have noticed that they do it through banner adds... for this reason, having a good blocklist program such as protowall, or peer guardian is a good idea, as they can smite the i.p's of the trojan's host before it even has a chance to reach your pc.
Distilled1	Date: November 3, 2004 @ 1:18 PM I've found that not installing ANY free stupid stuff and having all pop ups blocked works for me. On my old box I had so many trogans from stuff like smiles and all browser helpers. on this I still run IE but havent had even 1 cling on to IE I used to use mozila but I really don't like the way it looks. even thogh it works great
wet1	Date: November 7, 2004 @ 2:12 PM If none of the above got rid of your CWS try this site. Not only explains why it is such a pain but helps with the more difficult ones. http://www.silentrunners.org/

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