Hi,my browser has been hijacked by a site www.specialgoods.info.It has taken over my homepage settings ad every now and then pops up a browser window showing ads on their site[www.specialgoods.info/etc and i also have a red x sitting on the bottom right of my task bar.I have used several anti spywares including spybot and hijackthis but to no avail,please tell me how to get rid of this thing.
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Jump to PostHi Wagas, welcome to DaniWeb :D
Get the Pocket Killbox from here:
http://bleepingcomputer.com/files/spyware/KillBox.zipUnzip the file to your desktop.
Go offline until this is completed (you may wish to print these …
Jump to PostHey, it looks like we're off to a good start :)
Scan with hijackthis and have it fix the following entries:
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.specialgoods.info/ad/ad0058/
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C8B2A36-3DB1-42A4-A3CB-D426709BBFEB} - (no file)Reboot, close any open browser windows, …
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