cws_ns3

[merlin_2]

what a piece of scumware this is its belongs to ENIGMASOFTWAREGROUP.COM 207.44.220.11  and a pain in the neck to get rid of...have spyweeper from webroot check your system for it?

[dl65]

merlin_2......Yes Cool Web Search + whatever is a pain .
I had a go round with it several months ago.....finally used Hijackthis to generate a log and then reviewed the entries one at a time and finally got rid of it. It's not a real malicous pest just very annoying. Does that particular version change your homepage? I think that version is one that changes the file extension so it's really tough to clear out.

Cheers
dl65  

[Raptor]

Are you still using IE, Dl65?

You should use Firefox, I barely have spyware problems. The occasional tracking cookies when I have to use IE.

[dl65]

Raptor....Yes ...I still use IE6......it rarely gives me any problem.....I did however find it necessary to remove MS virtual machine. I suspect that the browser hijacker took advantage of flaws in VM......but since then IE6 works just fine.....I should add that I run scans with Ad-Aware and Spybot on a regular basis.
It still amazes me how many people are on -line without any anti-virus protection. When you suggest that their pc would be a lot safer with AV .....the favourite answer seems to be....oh if I dont know who's the Email is from I delete it........how lame is that.........

dl65  

[Raptor]

It is not a matter of running fine, actually.

Internet Explorer works very good here as well, but I prefer Firefox because it is much more user friendly and has much better security settings.

I suggest you give it a try.