Spanki opened this issue on Apr 13, 2004 ยท 33 posts
Replicant posted Wed, 14 April 2004 at 4:02 AM
Attached Link: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1080246483
Pakled mentioned the Isearch toolbar. I got caught with this nasty little bugger a few days ago and its a BEAR to get rid of. I found this link helped a lot. Read it all before you start. He left some important info until the end. Anyone thats been hit by this one might find that their browsers will no longer take them to any of the major AV or Anti-Spyware sites. It hijacks and redirects any attempts to link to these sites to a null page. Following the instructions in the link above were not fixing the problem for me because I couldn't update any of the necessary software until I found another thread that directed me to a Util called Hijackthis. http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10227352.html This addy will take you to Download.com to get it as the damn Isearch thing blocks access to the Spyware site it originally comes from. It'll list all sites that are being redirected from your browser and restore things for you.
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