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.