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Thread: Re: WWW.MSN.COM taken over

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    David W.E. Roberts Guest

    Re: WWW.MSN.COM taken over

    Try 'alt.privacy.spyware'. - see X-post

    "Jason" <superjla@msn.com> wrote in message
    news:238b201c38c48$b1c864a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
    > Some how a search engine has worked it's way into my
    > computer, so that if I try to visit www.msn.com, I will
    > instantly be re-directed to the search engine. It doesn't
    > matter if I type it from the address bar, hyperlink to it,
    > or default it to my home page. I cannot pull up
    > www.msn.com, infact the address shown on the search engine
    > says www.msn.com, so I don't know what the search engine's
    > address is. But if I use any of the search engine's
    > hyperlink buttons, I'm directed to www.coolwebsearch.com.
    > I have even un-installed and re-installed internet
    > explorer. Can anyone tell me how to get www.msn.com back?




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    YK Guest

    Re: WWW.MSN.COM taken over

    David W.E. Roberts wrote:
    > Try 'alt.privacy.spyware'. - see X-post
    >
    > "Jason" <superjla@msn.com> wrote in message
    > news:238b201c38c48$b1c864a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
    >> Some how a search engine has worked it's way into my
    >> computer, so that if I try to visit www.msn.com, I will
    >> instantly be re-directed to the search engine. It doesn't
    >> matter if I type it from the address bar, hyperlink to it,
    >> or default it to my home page. I cannot pull up
    >> www.msn.com, infact the address shown on the search engine
    >> says www.msn.com, so I don't know what the search engine's
    >> address is. But if I use any of the search engine's
    >> hyperlink buttons, I'm directed to www.coolwebsearch.com.
    >> I have even un-installed and re-installed internet
    >> explorer. Can anyone tell me how to get www.msn.com back?


    You've got CWS browser hijacker.
    See:
    http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/

    Remove it with CWShredder:
    http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
    Unpack and run CWShredder.exe. Insure that all Internet Explorer windows
    are closed.

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