Firefox Hijacked

[swindonseagull]

Help ...my firefox browser has been hijacked and the home page changed. I cannot see BBc.co.uk nor Google and I guess countless other site..

I can however see nsc..

I have run adaware, avg etc all to no avail.

I have checked msconfig and nothing is in there.

I have done a system restore and that did not help..


The page that has hijacked firefox changes all the time but mainly porn pages (no pics just links) which of course I do not click.

Im sure it got a virus got in through limewire...anyone help?

Thanks

 

[Franks Wild Years]

I had a lap top problem and PM'd MYOB. He was very helpfull.
(I guess he may get a little annoyed if we all do it all the time though)

 

[Juan Albion]

I wonder when the first "turn it off and on again" post will be?

 

[Robot Chicken]

Give it a bang?

 

[aftershavedave]

if you have the facility maybe you could try a system restore to an earlier date

 

[tedebear]

I had one of those a while back....not on firefox though...

This site was helpful:

Spyware How to Remove Hijacker
Let me know if you can't navigate to it and I'll PM the writing...

 

[bhaexpress]

Help ...my firefox browser has been hijacked and the home page changed. I cannot see BBc.co.uk nor Google and I guess countless other site..

I can however see nsc..

I have run adaware, avg etc all to no avail.

I have checked msconfig and nothing is in there.

I have done a system restore and that did not help..


The page that has hijacked firefox changes all the time but mainly porn pages (no pics just links) which of course I do not click.

Im sure it got a virus got in through limewire...anyone help?

Thanks

Try clearing the Cache for a start
Also try downloading and reinstalling Firefox. DO a virus scan too and make sure the definitions are current.

 

[swindonseagull]

done the turn off and on as part of the system restore!!!

it appears to be autoserf.net.. when I looked it up its all in Russian...

totally confused?

CAche clears when firefox closes...also already downloaded firefox again but its the same..


thanks so far

 

[Robot Chicken]

Stop looking at Russian porn next time

 

[dylan_bha]

This is all related to spyware and has nothing to do with Firefox. You need to get rid asap. If you are running a legit version of windows xp D/L windows defender (do a search from google) also you could try avg free spyware, not tried the latter but I use their antivirus and it is very good. PM me if you like, if I am online later will attempt to give you a hand.....

 

[Phil B]

try ewido - 14 day trial - it gets more spyware/malware than any other. It sounds like a browser hijacker so find out exactly which one it is - where it is taking you may give clues.

you may need to run it in safe mode for complete removal.

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

have you tried switch......



download spybot and adaware and run that

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Try CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) you can get it
HERE

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I had something similar last year. I would run adaware which would remove a whole load of nasty bug things, but as soon as I turned the internet on the hijacker thing reappeared. I eventually got rid of it by running adaware repeatedly for several hours. Don't know if you have the time/patience to do that but it might be worth a go if all else fails?

 

[Lammy]

format c:

it's the only way to be SURE!

 

[TelscombeGull]

I am assuming that you have already tried changing your home page to something else ( via Tools/Options/Main/Homepage), if not try that.

 

[NMH]

With anything you do to remove it swindonseagull, don't forget it may also be backed by your own security, on the hard-drive. Make sure you get rid from there or it will just keep restoring it back onto the system.
It may be a hidden file, tucking itself away behind one of your necessary system files.
'Hijack this' may be the place to go to forage it out.

 

[NMH]

Also try typing the name of the hijacker into google and see what comes up. Usually some poor stiff has got it before you and gone to the experts to eradicate it, and they'll have got the right instructions.

 

[swindonseagull]

After running lots of different anti spyware
programmes and looking on google it appeared that somehow the DNS was corrupted, so I followed instructions on a forum board )set the dns to assign automatically and hey presto all is good..

thanks guys

 

[NMH]

After running lots of different anti spyware
programmes and looking on google it appeared that somehow the DNS was corrupted, so I followed instructions on a forum board )set the dns to assign automatically and hey presto all is good..

thanks guys

There's almost always a forum somewhere with someone who has had the same troubles before you - and an expert who is on top of how to fix things.

Having once had a problem that Hewlett Packard referred me to their worthless wankers department (in India) to fix, I learned my lesson. Their idea of fixing it had my whole 2 years of stored personal data wiped in a few easy steps.
Oh yeah, so the virus was gone, but so was twenty quid they charged....and ALL MY WORK AND DATA!

My WORD was I livid!