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Cant get rid of IE search engine !

  • 31-03-2004 7:37am
    #1
    dkenny1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    I got stuck with the following search engine last week: 'motor-search.info' - and now i cant get rid of it. I thnk its some sort of virus but have tried ad-aware and spybot and neither of erased it. So everytime i log on now it appers as my browser and posts 5 shortcuts to websites i will never visit on my desktop


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  • #2
    McGyver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭McGyver


    it seems that you have installed some spyware....probably when you installed some freeware software such as peer-2-peer networking software.

    You can remove most spyware with LavaSoft:

    http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

    I hope this helps,

    Ross


  • #3
    zAbbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    hmmm its been a while but

    Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > and untick "Third Party Support" > restart browser

    As well as the spyware advice given above


  • #4
    McGyver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭McGyver


    I have seen quite a few of these spyware applications run batch scripts during the windows boot process and re-edit these properties.

    Ross


  • #5
    egan007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,934 ✭✭✭egan007


    got rid of a similar one last night that my spybot did not remove

    go to the registry

    start-> run -> regedit

    press F3 to find . put motor-search.info into the find box
    select find - when it's found edit the key and enter what ever you want as your homepage.


  • #6
    McGyver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭McGyver


    also...check in the section of the registry that is run at boot time. There may be a script that will re-enter these details.

    It will have an off name like sdfdfd.bat and will be in one of your temp directories.

    Spyware are becoming more like viruses every day.

    Ross


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  • #7
    Big Chief
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭Big Chief


    would start>run>msconfig find this or am i off the mark?


  • #8
    McGyver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭McGyver


    I am not sure about msconfig...I dont use M$ on my desktop anymore...but if you use regedit you will find some start-up options somewhere....look thro' eack one of them and try to identify the dodgy one.

    Ross
    I have moved to the free world of Linux!


  • #9
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    The Run keys for startup are in:

    \\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run

    and

    \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run

    The keys in these two locations list the tasks to be run.

    As always when poking around the registry be careful not to delete anything important.


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