I am running Internet Explorer 7 (7.0.5730.13) under Windows XP Service Pack
3.
Recently, when I do a search from Google or Yahoo, I get back the expected
listing of hits. For example, I did a search on "Internet Explorer Beta 2".
I got a page full of references, one of which was a link to the Windows
Internet Explorer 8 Home Page at
www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta. When I click on this link,
a new page opens with the following in the address bar:
http://www.findstuff.com/search.php?uvx=tyP9p3gue2ocEuvQhDcrhuf_qjZshT4wFddfxMeQ...
This is obviously not the Microsoft web site. Something has hijacked my
search engine and is redirecting my searches.

If I click on the back arrow from here, I momentarily see a URL that starts
with www.topdir2.com/feed/click... but I end up back at the findstuff.com
page.

Sometimes I am redirected to the lowpriceshopper.com page or some other
page, and some times I am not redirected at all.

Crossposted to the IE7 newsgroup for convenience

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Peter

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"Nut that holds the wheel" dakotacomm.net> wrote in message news:Z9SdnXCQifCf-F3VnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d@posted.dakotacomip...

Hi,
See these sites for help, including the posting of a HijackThis log to one
of the forums where HJT logs are analyzed:

The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.html

Removing Malware:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Partial list of forums- there are others:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://spywarehammer.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://forums.whatthetech.com/forums.html
http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/

"Nut that holds the wheel" dakotacomm.net> wrote in message
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In addition to the rest, Spybot Search & Destroy can help.

Lots of very useful information here. Thank you very much.
Jim

"Don Varnau" wrote in message
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Lots of very useful information here. Thank you very much. Sorry about the
initial mis-posting, I got my tools mixed up :)
Jim

"Nut that holds the wheel" dakotacomm.net> wrote in message
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You're welcome.

Don

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