OT - need computer help

[Vreenak]

This just happened last night, and I'm having problems figuring out what I should do...

About a week ago, I downloaded a program called We-Blocker. The program turned out to be no good, so I removed it from my computer. When I rebooted a few days later (last night), the computer was trying to load the program for some reason, but couldn't, because the files had been deleted. To fix the problem, I downloaded the program again, and then did another uninstall. That seemed to fix the problem, but now for some reason when I try logging onto the internet, the homepage won't load. In the status bar in the lower left-hand corner it says "badurl.grandstreetinteractive.com." The wierd thing is, we use Windows XP. We have five user accounts, and mine is the only one that seems unaffected. I can use IE, and my homepage (and all others pages) load without a problem, but my family can't log on-line from their accounts (using IE. Netscape works fine). I ran AdAware and deleted all the messed up files it brought up, but it's still not working. Can someone please help me?

[gooball]

I've read that you should SpyBot in addition to ad-aware. They each find things that the other doesn't, for some reason. Also make sure you use the built-in updater functions before scanning.

Here's a link to spybot:
http://download.tucows.com/perl/wind...38_117317.html

Let us know how it goes..

[UrashimaNick]

i have about 4 spyware programs i run. usually adaware and spysweeper seem to the the most thorough job, and if all else fails, ill give spybot a shot. so i would using all.

one thing to remember with AdAware is to run all three scans. Each one finds something different. The first one is the "System Smart" scan. This scans the places the program thinks it will most likely find things. This could be the problem why your profile works, but no one else's does. It may be only scanning your files.

Click the second scan, then the options button, and make sure the check the "Scan within archives" bubble. Thsi scan will search more places, including archived/zipped files that may have the bad stuff hidden inside.

Then do the third scan. You'll want to hit the option next to that one too, and check of the box next to the C drive so it scans the whole thing.

But the most important thing here is to turn off the XP System Restore. Right-click and choose properties on My Computer on your desktop. Go to the System Restore tab, and uncheck the 'enable system restore' box. THEN scan with Adaware, reboot, and when everything is clean, turn it back on.

I've noticed some tricky crap-ware that will use this feature, so even though you run programs like AdAware and spybot, after you reboot, it just comes right back, because the system is actually restoring it back to before you scanned.

Good luck [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]