Hey my default search engine has turned to some hit.getyourdatahere.com

i wanna change it back to msn or google either


please help

P.S. Yes cookie i have searched the forums and done what is said in the earlier posts

i ran adaware deleted whatever adware was there restarted my comp changed my registry restarted my comp

but still the damn search goes to the same damn site

cookie help...

Uninstall Messenger Plus!
Reinstall Messenger Plus! (with the sponser)
Uninstall Messenger Plus!
Reinstall Messenger Plus! (without the sponser)

That is if the adware is that which is included with Plus!
If not, do this for whatever program you believe has caused the adware to be present.
And please, don't use Adaware. It destroys the uninstall mechanism of adware, making it so that it's hard to get rid of, but it stays present. (Which is why you need to install Messenger Plus! with the sponser, to fix the adware Adaware destroyed, before uninstalling it properly (the second uninstall of Messenger Plus!)).

It didnt come with msgplus .....

does hit.getyourdatahere.com come from msgplus i dont think so


i dont which software it came with so is there any other way to remove it ??

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml

You can with this tool, after first turning in Show Explorer Addons, in the View menu. And remove anything that looks dodgy. or just post a screenshot of the results and we'll tell you what to remove.

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Originally posted by lhunath
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml
or just post a screenshot of the results and we'll tell you what to remove.

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Originally posted by MessEnGer
P.S. Yes cookie i have searched the forums and done what is said in the earlier posts

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Originally posted by MessEnGer
cookie help...

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Cookie u HAVE to suggest another thread .... always ...lol

anyways right now i am posting the text file of the autoruns scan please see if you find anything suspicious ....


i posted the text because there are 6 screenshots of the actual....

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Originally posted by Patchou
What I did myself was to reinstall MSN Messenger and leave the "Make MSN my default search" option of the installation checked. I hope it will help you.

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Appart from some stuff you rarely need or isn't needed at all to be started up, these are things I don't reconize:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
+ Dimension <=== can be deleted, file doesn't exist anymore
+ Meca <=== can be deleted, file doesn't exist anymore
+ New.net Startup <=== what's that?

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects
+ URLLink Class <=== what's that?

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
+ 0  <=== VERY dodgy name for a toolbar



Anyways, try running ad-aware or Spybot S&D (but be carefull with Spybot, it can also delete important stuff!) several times. Not every adware is deleted in the first go! Then do as the link in my post in that other thread suggests....

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+ New.net Startup <=== what's that?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects
+ URLLink Class <=== what's that?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
+ 0  <=== VERY dodgy name for a toolbar

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