Internet Explorer, Being A Pain

[Alcar]

Okay, it seems that whenever I type an address into Internet Explorer, and the website cannot be found, I am automatically redirected to some site: http://www.incredifind.com/index.cfm?action=lookup&pc=msifj&Keywords=http://www.oddworldforums.net/

Why on Earth is it not displaying the great error page, that I prefer? Is there any way to change it back to the way it was before, when handling errors? And no, I will not change browsers :p

Thankyou,

Alcar...

[MrNase]

Oh, looks like a hijacker attempt :D

Try Ad-Aware by Lavasoft. That should remove that annoying software :)

[Scott MacVicar]

Your browser has been hijacked by some spyware.

Try Ad-aware
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

and Spybot Search and Destory
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=mirrors

Then consider switching to Firefox as IE has some security holes installing this which have yet to be patched by Microsoft.

[colicab-d]

It doesnt have, aound 70% of Ie users are being swamped with adwaare and psyware at moment and most are fighting a loosing batle, come one microsoft help youre peeps out

[Alcar]

Thankyou to all! :)

Actually, I do have Firefox installed, and I use it frequently. But I just prefer using IE most of the time.

Thankyou again! :)

Alcar...

[Dean C]

Hehe simple solution:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/buttons/getfirefox_large2.png (www.mozilla.org/products/firefox)

[sidhighwind]

I do agree! FireFox for President!!!

[colicab-d]

Amen to that, well until it becomes used widely and we end up in the same state lol

[Jake Bunce]

Just don't click "Yes" when asked by your browser. And do some research before installing software to make sure it doesn't contain spyware. Then you will be spyware free.

[Scott MacVicar]

Jake not true.

There are 2 exploits that dont require any user interaction to execute a exe from a remote site. My aunt managed to get herself invested this way and i've as yet been unable to remove it with any of the traditional methods. It regenerates itself with a random dll if you try and remove it even though I killed the exe running and ripped it from registry it still installed itself again.

[Zachery]

Scott, it stores a small ftp program into one of the windows system directorys, the most effective way to remove it is a system restore, then boot into safemode and remove it. if i think its the one your talking about.

[colicab-d]

What I dont get is how these companys can :

a.) Be allowed to get away with stuff like this

b.) Can sleep at night , and dont say on top of $$$

[DarknessDivine]

I was having a similar problem...kept cleaning up after hijacks daily..finally got tired of it and went to FireFox..and I must say..muuuuuuuuuuuuuuch better! ;)

[M1th]

lol, the title cracked me up. You're repeating yourself by having pain and internet explorer in the same line. ;)

Internet Explorer = Pain

[Alcar]

Lol, I guess I'm good at tautology :p

I think I was in the same boat as Scott's aunt. I hardly download anything, and everything I download is usually mainstream (so usually it is reliable). This has happened before, but I forget how I fixed it. Either I inadvertantly destroyed my hard drive, or it went away :p

Well, as least everyone can sleep better tonight knowing one less hard drive has perished.

Alcar...