Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 5m 29d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 07/09/07 09:01 AM Share Posted 07/09/07 09:01 AM Hi all been infected with superpccleaner that hijacks my IE default page.Tried all the usual scans Spybot, Ad-Aware etc etc but can't get rid of it Hopefully some of the many IT boffins that reside here can offer some assistance.I would prefer some nice easy software download than some manual process as I am sure to stuff that upThanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventytwo Still have a turbo, it's just on a diesel. Lifetime Members 5,368 Member For: 19y 7m 10d Gender: Male Location: The 8th Dimension Posted 07/09/07 09:03 AM Share Posted 07/09/07 09:03 AM Try a system restore to before you got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 3d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 07/09/07 09:50 AM Share Posted 07/09/07 09:50 AM Get Adaware or spysweeper and reboot in safemode and clean.That should do it.If not find some online resources that show what files and registry entries to remove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Member 323 Member For: 18y 4m 24d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 07/09/07 09:58 AM Share Posted 07/09/07 09:58 AM (edited) That just gives you more headaches, spyware/trojans/virus' 9 times out of 10 infect the information store (restore points) for the purpose of rooting you around even more.Sophos AV will destroy any known virus/spyware/trojan in minutes Edited 07/09/07 09:59 AM by South Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 07/09/07 10:09 AM Share Posted 07/09/07 10:09 AM Have you tried an industrial magnet? Bound to get rid of the farker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 7m Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 07/09/07 10:14 AM Share Posted 07/09/07 10:14 AM Stop looking at porn.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormal Member 469 Member For: 21y 5m 24d Location: Brissy Posted 07/09/07 10:42 AM Share Posted 07/09/07 10:42 AM (edited) Hijack This will fix it, it'll let you remove home pages, default search pages etc but tis not novice friendly. You can down load it here - Hijack THisSugest you download it run it and take a screen capture of the results if your not sure of which line to delete. Edited 07/09/07 10:44 AM by Paranormal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 5m 29d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 07/09/07 10:51 AM Author Share Posted 07/09/07 10:51 AM Thanks guys Downloaded "SuperAntiSpyware" seems to have done the job.Detected heaps of stuff that Adaware,Spybot, SpySweeper etc did not pick up despite having latest updates.Free as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 3m 3d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 07/09/07 11:16 AM Share Posted 07/09/07 11:16 AM Format it and use Firefox piss IE off to the never regions!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S.I Member 651 Member For: 20y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 07/09/07 12:33 PM Share Posted 07/09/07 12:33 PM Format it and use Firefox piss IE off to the never regions!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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