Hijacker help

I've been hijacked by searchmaid homepage, how I do i remove this? I've run
adaware, spymaster and cw shredder to no availa and it still remains! please
advise.

Starman

"Starman" <> wrote in
news:1541e.12159$:

> I've been hijacked by searchmaid homepage, how I do i remove this?
> I've run adaware, spymaster and cw shredder to no availa and it still
> remains! please advise.
>
>

101

Hi. Try hijackthis and post results omitting personal info.

http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/

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Darko Gavrilovic

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 02:49:33 GMT, "Starman"
<> wrote:

>I've been hijacked by searchmaid homepage, how I do i remove this? I've run
>adaware, spymaster and cw shredder to no availa and it still remains! please
>advise.
>
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There is one of some google results for that. Always search google
and the registry when something like that happens.
http://forums.techguy.org/archive/t-338679.html

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
http://www.searchmaid.com/
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
http://www.searchmaid.com/

F2 - REG:system.ini: Shell=explorer.exe, msmsgs.exe

View Hidden Files
Open Windows Explorer. Go to Tools, Folder Options and click on the
View tab.
Make sure that "Show hidden files and folders" is checked.
Also uncheck "Hide protected operating system files".
Uncheck hide extensions
Now click "Apply to all folders", Click "Apply" then "OK"

Delete these files

C:\WINDOWS\System32\ msmsgs.exe

START ? RUN ? key in %temp% OK - Edit ? Select all ? File ? Delete
then go to C:\windows\temp and select EVERYTHING except temporary
internet files, cookies and history folders and delete all that and
then do the same for C:\temp

Empty the recycle bin

donnie

Donnie, I go to windows explorer, click on the tools then options but there
is no View tab!!! Any other suggestion or way to do this?

"donnie" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 02:49:33 GMT, "Starman"
> <> wrote:
>
> >I've been hijacked by searchmaid homepage, how I do i remove this? I've
run
> >adaware, spymaster and cw shredder to no availa and it still remains!
please
> >advise.
> >
> ########################
> There is one of some google results for that. Always search google
> and the registry when something like that happens.
> http://forums.techguy.org/archive/t-338679.html
>
> R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
> http://www.searchmaid.com/
> R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
> http://www.searchmaid.com/
>
> F2 - REG:system.ini: Shell=explorer.exe, msmsgs.exe
>
> View Hidden Files
> Open Windows Explorer. Go to Tools, Folder Options and click on the
> View tab.
> Make sure that "Show hidden files and folders" is checked.
> Also uncheck "Hide protected operating system files".
> Uncheck hide extensions
> Now click "Apply to all folders", Click "Apply" then "OK"
>
> Delete these files
>
> C:\WINDOWS\System32\ msmsgs.exe
>
> START ? RUN ? key in %temp% OK - Edit ? Select all ? File ? Delete
> then go to C:\windows\temp and select EVERYTHING except temporary
> internet files, cookies and history folders and delete all that and
> then do the same for C:\temp
>
> Empty the recycle bin
>

Starman

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:22:53 GMT, "Starman"
<> wrote:

>Donnie, I go to windows explorer, click on the tools then options but there
>is no View tab!!! Any other suggestion or way to do this?
############################
You have 2 post confused. I mentioned the following site and suggested
to look in the registry
http://forums.techguy.org/archive/t-338679.html

To answer the view question, go into the control panel and choose
folder options. That should give you the view tab.
donnie

donnie