HP Browser Hijack & Hijack This

[Li'l Abner]

Brand New HP Desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
Internet Explorer home page comes up to
http://hp-desktop.us.msn.com. No way in hell can I change it to just plain
http: //www.msn.com. I Googled and found a couple of so called cures,
neither of which worked. Set IE to original defaults. Deleted all temp
internet files, cookies, etc.

So I ran Hijack This (2.04) and there were three lines at the top that
referred to it. I "fixed" those. They are gone. Still can't get rid of the
hijack.

When I first open HJT I get this message about the hosts file not being
accessible ( http://mewnlite.com/hosts.jpg ). Checked its properties in
Windows Explorer - read only not checked. The hosts file is just the
default windows hosts file.

Now look at http://mewnlite.com/HJT.jpg . There's a zillion "file missing"
entries. On a brand new computer. About the only thing I've done to that
computer is uninstall Norton Internet Security and install MSE.

I know this isn't a HijackThis forum and I don't intend to send that log
anywhere for analysis since the computer is running fine except for the
hijacked home page.

I'm about half afraid to "fix" all those "file missing" entries.
Lastly, does anyone have any experience with getting rid of that HP hijack?

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--- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---

[Li'l Abner]

"Li'l Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com> wrote in
news:Xns9E8CC13784280butter@wefb973cbe498:

> Brand New HP Desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
> Internet Explorer home page comes up to
> http://hp-desktop.us.msn.com. No way in hell can I change it to just
> plain http: //www.msn.com. I Googled and found a couple of so called
> cures, neither of which worked. Set IE to original defaults. Deleted
> all temp internet files, cookies, etc.
>
> So I ran Hijack This (2.04) and there were three lines at the top that
> referred to it. I "fixed" those. They are gone. Still can't get rid of
> the hijack.
>
> When I first open HJT I get this message about the hosts file not
> being accessible ( http://mewnlite.com/hosts.jpg ). Checked its
> properties in Windows Explorer - read only not checked. The hosts file
> is just the default windows hosts file.
>
> Now look at http://mewnlite.com/HJT.jpg . There's a zillion "file
> missing" entries. On a brand new computer. About the only thing I've
> done to that computer is uninstall Norton Internet Security and
> install MSE.
>
> I know this isn't a HijackThis forum and I don't intend to send that
> log anywhere for analysis since the computer is running fine except
> for the hijacked home page.
>
> I'm about half afraid to "fix" all those "file missing" entries.
> Lastly, does anyone have any experience with getting rid of that HP
> hijack?

Case closed. I finally figured out how to get rid of the hp-desktop.us
thing. Delete all temp files, cookies, and *also* check "Delete Browsing
History on Exit".
In Firefox clear "everything".
In further Googling I find that HijackThis does not play well the 64 bit
version of Windows 7 and that the "file missing" message is displayed when
the files are actually there. You'd think that would have been fixed as
long as 64 bit Windows 7 has been out.


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--- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Li'l Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com>

| Brand New HP Desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
| Internet Explorer home page comes up to
| http://hp-desktop.us.msn.com. No way in hell can I change it to just plain
| http: //www.msn.com. I Googled and found a couple of so called cures,
| neither of which worked. Set IE to original defaults. Deleted all temp
| internet files, cookies, etc.

| So I ran Hijack This (2.04) and there were three lines at the top that
| referred to it. I "fixed" those. They are gone. Still can't get rid of the
| hijack.

| When I first open HJT I get this message about the hosts file not being
| accessible ( http://mewnlite.com/hosts.jpg ). Checked its properties in
| Windows Explorer - read only not checked. The hosts file is just the
| default windows hosts file.

| Now look at http://mewnlite.com/HJT.jpg . There's a zillion "file missing"
| entries. On a brand new computer. About the only thing I've done to that
| computer is uninstall Norton Internet Security and install MSE.

| I know this isn't a HijackThis forum and I don't intend to send that log
| anywhere for analysis since the computer is running fine except for the
| hijacked home page.

| I'm about half afraid to "fix" all those "file missing" entries.
| Lastly, does anyone have any experience with getting rid of that HP hijack?

LOL

Wipe the PC and install a clean Windows OS or the OS of your choice.

Do NOT accept the crap that has been pre-loaded!


--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[John Mason Jr]

On 2/14/2011 11:19 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Li'l Abner"<blvstk@dogpatch.com>
>
> | Brand New HP Desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
> | Internet Explorer home page comes up to
> | http://hp-desktop.us.msn.com. No way in hell can I change it to just plain
> | http: //www.msn.com. I Googled and found a couple of so called cures,
> | neither of which worked. Set IE to original defaults. Deleted all temp
> | internet files, cookies, etc.
>
> | So I ran Hijack This (2.04) and there were three lines at the top that
> | referred to it. I "fixed" those. They are gone. Still can't get rid of the
> | hijack.
>
> | When I first open HJT I get this message about the hosts file not being
> | accessible ( http://mewnlite.com/hosts.jpg ). Checked its properties in
> | Windows Explorer - read only not checked. The hosts file is just the
> | default windows hosts file.
>
> | Now look at http://mewnlite.com/HJT.jpg . There's a zillion "file missing"
> | entries. On a brand new computer. About the only thing I've done to that
> | computer is uninstall Norton Internet Security and install MSE.
>
> | I know this isn't a HijackThis forum and I don't intend to send that log
> | anywhere for analysis since the computer is running fine except for the
> | hijacked home page.
>
> | I'm about half afraid to "fix" all those "file missing" entries.
> | Lastly, does anyone have any experience with getting rid of that HP hijack?
>
> LOL
>
> Wipe the PC and install a clean Windows OS or the OS of your choice.
>
> Do NOT accept the crap that has been pre-loaded!
>
>


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John