Any one got the unfortunate experience of dealing with browser
hi-jacking on Internet Explorer by spydeleter? If so how did you
remove the problem? Is there a free download spyware for IE specifically?
as my AOL spyware doesn't seem to be getting rid of it.
Already downloaded from spy warrior and it's not going away....
(thanks..)

Glad to have been of help to you all. Can't recommend enough using both Ad-aware and Spybot. They pick up loads of stuff, mostly tracking cookies but also the nasties which cause serious harm. Would also highly recommend using Spywareblaster as well as the 2 other freebies. Again, its free to download. It runs in the background on your machine, sort of like a firewall and stops about 3000 odd known pieces of spyware/dialers etc getting onto your machine. The updates are free to download and it updates every few fays or so.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Scrip/Chocolat - it does sound as if that nasty is stuck somewhere in your registry. When you delete it manually, it sounds as if it's not being completely deleted. So when you start your machine again it's still there. What may help is deleting it the way you do, restart your machine but start it in safe mode then try finding it and deleting it in safe mode. Then switch back to normal mode and see if its still there.

Another spyware removal tool thats useful is Bazooka. Use it myself and find it handy, free to download and use.

http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10247783.html

chocolat - 09 Aug'04 - 20:17 - 13 of 18

I've found a way of riding myself of the immediate menace by running MSCONFIG and finding msbb in the "hidden" startup and knocking it out.

Spybot on its own simply does not eliminate the hijack - since when I've tried numerous others (at least I've been forced to learn about my pc, even if I do want to kick it) but I shall certainly follow your suggestions, gavdfc and Scrip - thanks - before my pc gravitates to its final death throes.

I use the free version of Zone Alarm from zonelabs as part of my computer protection:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

As scrip says, msconfig is a useful tool to use. (run from the start menu) I unchecked several programs that didn't need to be loaded at startup, amazing how much quicker it boots up.

Also a useful place to go is 'Start' 'programs' 'accesories' 'system tools'.
eg. If you click on 'tools' from 'system information' from the drop down menu there is a registry checker available, amongst other things.

Hope some may find this useful.

sorry to bring bad news guys...I have used all this lot mentioned and the best ones get rid of it for a while then a few hours of use later it reapears because it has been hiding in the registry....even microsoft had an update which was the same ( thought they would have sorted it after all this time as its been around since spring)...I guess all thats left is a rebuild...good luck

try zone alert. its a pain at first but it seems to work

Just a word of warning. I loaded Spybot after a link from Crocs site. I then loaded a program from the Spybot site that was supposed to block spyware, can't remember it's name. I kept getting hit by Trojans in the registry, by elimination I limited my troubles to either Spybot or the other program. When I removed both programs my problems ceased.

There are a couple of Spyware detection systems that are fakes and do nothing but collect your details for other spyware systems.