Avoid www.searchv.com at all costs

[VCCM]

www.searchv.com is a really nasty scummy scummy perverted web site that
tries to put on the face of being a search service.

They upload files into your computer that permanently change your home page
to their site, then lock out changes so you have to use regedit and several
spyware and cleaner programs to get rid of all their crap.

Spread the word. Stay away form them!

[siljaline]

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:15:52 -0400, "VCCM" <vccm@comcast.net> wrote:

>www.searchv.com is a really nasty scummy scummy perverted web site that
>tries to put on the face of being a search service.
>
>They upload files into your computer that permanently change your home page
>to their site, then lock out changes so you have to use regedit and several
>spyware and cleaner programs to get rid of all their crap.
>
>Spread the word. Stay away form them!
>
>
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index....977&hl=searchv


--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[CA was in NJ]

VCCM wrote:

>www.searchv.com is a really nasty scummy scummy perverted web site that
>tries to put on the face of being a search service.
>
>They upload files into your computer that permanently change your home page
>to their site, then lock out changes so you have to use regedit and several
>spyware and cleaner programs to get rid of all their crap.

Assuming for a moment that they did what you claim, such hijackings are
preventable.

STOP SURFING TO UNKNOWN WEB SITES WITH SCRIPTING ON.

Unless you really REALLY trust a particular site, you should NEVER surf with
scripting on. Otherwise you run the risk of having unknown people playing
with your computer settings.

[discogail]

You can batten down the hatches a bit.....to prevent this kind of thing from
reoccurring....

..... Go to IE > Tools > Windows Update > Product Updates, and install ALL
Security Updates listed.

......Go toTools/ Internet Options/Security/Internet, press 'default level',
then OK.
Now press "Custom Level."
In the ActiveX section, set the first two options ("Download signed and
unsigned ActiveX controls) to 'prompt', and 'Initialize and Script ActiveX
controls not marked as safe" to 'disable'.

........then go to the "Advanced" tab....uncheck both "enable install on
demand" entries.

I find myself, almost daily, on some of the dodgiest, scummiest sites you
could imagine.....& I've remained free of hijacks & unwanted crap slithering
onto my computer.

Check out "Spyware Blaster" & Spyware Guard too....Javacool has created
these wonderful free programs .....HERE---> http://www.wilderssecurity.net/

[BoB]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 02:11:13 -0600, CA was in NJ
<cainnj.cjb.net@cainnj.REVERSE_TO_REPLY__SPAMMERS_ SHOT_ON_SIGHT> wrote:

>VCCM wrote:
>
>>www.searchv.com is a really nasty scummy scummy perverted web site that
>>tries to put on the face of being a search service.
>>
>>They upload files into your computer that permanently change your home page
>>to their site, then lock out changes so you have to use regedit and several
>>spyware and cleaner programs to get rid of all their crap.
>
>Assuming for a moment that they did what you claim, such hijackings are
>preventable.
>
>STOP SURFING TO UNKNOWN WEB SITES WITH SCRIPTING ON.
>
>Unless you really REALLY trust a particular site, you should NEVER surf with
>scripting on. Otherwise you run the risk of having unknown people playing
>with your computer settings.

www.searchv.com is in my host file. Don't you use a host file?

BoB
For the duration of Swen, my address is inoperative.

[CA was in NJ]

BoB wrote:

>www.searchv.com is in my host file. Don't you use a host file?

I do better than that. Internet Junkbuster plus Kerio Firewall. That still
doesn't solve the problem. You can't possibly know every malicious website
out there. Nobody can. Don't let any of them (known or not) take control
of your computer.