internet explorer homepage

Since this morning, evertime i open windows explorer a search page comes onto the screen instead of my homepage.

I keep trying to change it back, but everytime i open a new window it comes straight back again.

The address in the address bar comes up as defualt (about:blank) but its noting to do with Microsoft or IE, ut doesn't even have a name, just says search for.

Any ideas on what to do

Cheers

Col

[Marge]

Run Ad-Aware etc and get rid of the cheeky blighter

[Neil]

Run a spyware checker such as AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com .

Edit-Beaten to it by Debs!

Thanks a lot you 2. I have downloaded and ran the one in the link Neil, but it still keeps happening. Everytime i run the programme it says it has detected 3 files called, cool web search, which seems likely to be the one that are causing the problems it deletes them. But when i open and run it again they're still there, and my home page keeps reverting to the crappy search engine.

Any ideas?

[Defiant]

have you got system restore switched on. It could have hid itself in there so everytime you delete one another one come's back. Download spybot, boot into safemode and then run both spybot and adaware

dont forget to make sure adaware and spybot have all the latest updates first like

Thanks Defiant will try that.

Oh out of interest, i'm really crap on computers, so how do i get it onto safe mode

[Defiant]

keep pressing F8 while the computer is booting up and you should have a menu. Choose Safe Mode.


Ps dont forget to switch system restore off if its on too

[Neil]

http://www.scumware.com/apps/scumwar...-Applications/

HTH.

[Theodoric]

Originally Posted by col d

Thanks a lot you 2. I have downloaded and ran the one in the link Neil, but it still keeps happening. Everytime i run the programme it says it has detected 3 files called, cool web search, which seems likely to be the one that are causing the problems it deletes them. But when i open and run it again they're still there, and my home page keeps reverting to the crappy search engine.

Any ideas?

Cool web search, eh. Go the Guardian Online site and search in Ask Jack. He dealt with this one quite recently.

EDIT And try this site.

Got the little bugger. Thanks a lot all. I had to download a program called CoolWebShredder which demolished the little gits. Thanks again

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ghlight=Hijack

Glad you are sorted!! little beggers!!

[zendawn]

Cool web search, yeah the bugg**s got me too.
Still, finding out how to get rid of it was a lesson in spyware etc.
Slowed my computer right down.

They should get life, the gimps.