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Old 03-03-2004, 08:18 PM   #1
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For some reason there's some virus or something in my computer that is taking over all of the search engines on my comp. Like when I go to google or msn is says "best web search" and is some scummy second rate search engine. How can I get rid of this, I tried ad-aware but that did nothing.
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Old 03-03-2004, 08:33 PM   #2
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hhmmm whats the url of the search engine you are getting>?
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Old 03-03-2004, 08:37 PM   #3
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It still says www.google.com on the address bar, wtf.
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Old 03-03-2004, 08:42 PM   #4
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Yeah i think i have the same problem as you
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Old 03-03-2004, 08:44 PM   #5
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This is what it looks like:
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Old 03-03-2004, 08:53 PM   #6
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samichna - whats url of your search engine problem


hhhmm check the bottom of the search engine that you get when u go to google.com Check the bottom for like terms and agreements and shit like that. See if it says anything about how to get rid of that 'search engine' as being your default search engine. Happened to me with a different search engine i went to the FAQ/terms of agreement at the bottom of the page. Said if i wanted to get rid of it i had to uninstall some software or somthin.... You install any software recently???
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Old 03-03-2004, 09:00 PM   #7
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hhhmm check the bottom of the search engine that you get when u go to google.com Check the bottom for like terms and agreements and shit like that. See if it says anything about how to get rid of that 'search engine' as being your default search engine. Happened to me with a different search engine i went to the FAQ/terms of agreement at the bottom of the page. Said if i wanted to get rid of it i had to uninstall some software or somthin.... You install any software recently???
damn, theres no faq or uninstall thing at the bottom, and I dont recall installing any software recently
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Old 03-03-2004, 09:03 PM   #8
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http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;198279

maybe this will help?
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Old 03-03-2004, 09:08 PM   #9
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Norton Anit-virus scan. Thats what I'd use.
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Old 03-04-2004, 04:57 PM   #10
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I couldn't fix it, so I did a selective restore on my computer. Great thing is that all of the programs and files on my computer stay there and the rest is restored, good stuff.
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Old 03-04-2004, 10:28 PM   #11
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Try using a different browser like Netscape 5.
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Old 03-05-2004, 04:35 AM   #12
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go into the reg and change the default one to google, that way it can never be changed.
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Old 03-14-2004, 10:52 AM   #13
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go into the reg and change the default one to google, that way it can never be changed.
How do you do that?
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Old 03-14-2004, 11:09 AM   #14
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Norton Anit-virus scan. Thats what I'd use.
I just run Spysweeper on my computer. It gets rid of Ad-ware and Spy-ware, which is probaly what it is.
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Old 03-15-2004, 12:16 AM   #15
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How do you do that?
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go to "run" type "regedit" and do a search for "homepage" shoudl find something, ill look later, pretty tired at the mo, just back from watchign WM XX. So sleep time, help in the morning.
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Old 03-16-2004, 01:14 PM   #16
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I would have run Spybot. That's better than Ad-Aware for browser/internet related spyware in my experience.
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Old 03-24-2004, 03:21 PM   #17
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where would i get spybot?
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Old 03-24-2004, 03:58 PM   #18
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Yeah, try this: http://download.com.com/3000-8022-10...ml?tag=lst-0-4
 
Old 03-26-2004, 12:47 PM   #19
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http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/da...an.qhosts.html


That's what you have. I fixed it using the steps listed at that link on a few computers earlier this year.
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