Help PC Problem

[Blue&WhiteSea]

When trying to load webpages for the last couple of weeks internat explorer keeps taking ages to load pages (I have broadband with a good connection).

After a while the page doesn't load and I get the 'page cannot be displayed' message followed very quickly by a page which loads up which looks like a search page with the address 'http://searchpage.cc/'.

Anyone know why this is happening? I have used Spybot to get rid of spyware but its still happening.

 

[poke]

that kept happing to me, then i realised i had a virus

 

[Braders]

same boat

 

[Blue&WhiteSea]

So why isn't norton detecting it then?
Do you know which virus?

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

its a virus bug thing unfortunately - i have the incredifind one

 

[MRRF 10]

do you have ntl? because we had the same problem, and after a while on the phone to them they logged us into a different server and now working fine

 

[Blue&WhiteSea]

yes I do have NTL, are you saying it might not be a virus then?

 

[Braders]

do you have ntl? because we had the same problem, and after a while on the phone to them they logged us into a different server and now working fine

yep NTL !

so i have to ring them ?

 

[MRRF 10]

yep NTL !

so i have to ring them ?

give them a try

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

i have ntl too!

 

[beorhthelm]

Ive just come across this (oh er!) on another board... the ntl connection is a coincidence. Actually, if they are doing somthing to prevent it, its tantamount to censorship, and i wouldnt be happy about that at all.

I digress. Dont rely on Spybot as it doesnt catch everything. The best anti-spyware is Ad-aware, but unfortunatly you have to pay for that, and even then it lets alot of stuff go by.

Best solution is to run a couple of anti-spyware tools if you get something, and check out AVG antivirus software that seem to prevent alot of the crap getting on your machine in the first place.

 

[glosterseagul]

the other solution is to buy Apple mac

 

[Granny Goodchild]

I had the same problem, but ran the free version of "Ad-aware" from here... http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=506 ... no problems since, but I'm not on NTL.

 

[mk_bha]

its a hijacker

get ad-aware and cwshredder and spybot

run all once a week.

 

[coach03]

I've got ntl too and when I spoke to them, they'd had a problem with their server.
They advised me to turn off the PC and then the plug which has the modem plugged in, leave it 30 secs and power back up. Hey Presto, everything worked fine again.
Give that a try before calling their helpline.
Good Luck

 

[Curious Orange]

You might also want to turn on your software firewall once everything is clean again.

 

[beorhthelm]

like the Orange, im quite curious - rebooting your pc and internet connection shouldnt really do anything. you should have to delete various entries in the registry to flush it out