>
> 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/
>
> You will have to register to post to any of these forums and should look
> for
> one or more "Important- Read this first" type messages, at whatever forum
> you choose, for specific instructions.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "Peter Foldes" hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eha8FawDJHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Crossposted to the IE7 newsgroup for convenience
>
> Peter
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>
> "Nut that holds the wheel" dakotacomm.net> wrote in message
> news:Z9SdnXCQifCf-F3VnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d@posted.dakotacomip...

>>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.
>>
>> How can I find out what is causing this redirection and who/what I have
>> to
>> kill to fix this problem? Any help would be appreciated.
>> Thanks
>> Jim

>