Hello,
I was wondering if someone could help. I've tried everything, and I'm still coming up short.
Just about a week ago, when I try to start Internet Explorer, my start page is changed to some pornagraphic page. When I go to Internet Options, I change my homepage to google or something, but it doesn't stay as that. The next time I start IE, it's back to that old page again. The name of the start page is: mk
MSITStore:C:\spe\start.chm::/start.html
This startpage is pointing to a folder it automatically creates on my harddrive. If I delete the folder, I get the common IE error page that comes up when a site cannot load. Also, when I try to navigate on the internet, a site called heretofind.com intercepts everything and I am unable to use the internet. It will not allow navigation to any other pages. It pretends to be a helpful searchpage, but of course we know otherwise, and that it is something malicious.
Here is what I've tried to do to fix it. I of course ran McAfee, but that didn't do anything. So I ran AdAware, and it found a couple files in the registry that was probably causing the problem. When I delete the files, everything is fine, and IE works, but only temporarily. These files keep popping back, and the same problem starts all over again. I am able to find the files that are creating the problem, or at least I think are creating the problem, and when I delete them, everything works like normal, but only temporarily. I can't seem to understand why this problem keeps regenerating. And it seems to regenerate a few times a day.
Lastly, I have also tried a system restore, and tried to restore to a point before this problem has happened, and unfortunatley it has not worked.
I welcome anyone's suggestions or help.
Thank You
I was wondering if someone could help. I've tried everything, and I'm still coming up short.
Just about a week ago, when I try to start Internet Explorer, my start page is changed to some pornagraphic page. When I go to Internet Options, I change my homepage to google or something, but it doesn't stay as that. The next time I start IE, it's back to that old page again. The name of the start page is: mk
This startpage is pointing to a folder it automatically creates on my harddrive. If I delete the folder, I get the common IE error page that comes up when a site cannot load. Also, when I try to navigate on the internet, a site called heretofind.com intercepts everything and I am unable to use the internet. It will not allow navigation to any other pages. It pretends to be a helpful searchpage, but of course we know otherwise, and that it is something malicious.
Here is what I've tried to do to fix it. I of course ran McAfee, but that didn't do anything. So I ran AdAware, and it found a couple files in the registry that was probably causing the problem. When I delete the files, everything is fine, and IE works, but only temporarily. These files keep popping back, and the same problem starts all over again. I am able to find the files that are creating the problem, or at least I think are creating the problem, and when I delete them, everything works like normal, but only temporarily. I can't seem to understand why this problem keeps regenerating. And it seems to regenerate a few times a day.
Lastly, I have also tried a system restore, and tried to restore to a point before this problem has happened, and unfortunatley it has not worked.
I welcome anyone's suggestions or help.
Thank You