Wednesday, January 26, 2005

HiJacked Browsers

Recently my computer was hijacked by an adware program, randreco.exe. I learned a lot about my computer while I figured out the solution. Now that I have the scum off my computer, it is time to figure out how to keep it from happening again.

First I read an article by Tony Klein that was posted at the Tech Guys forum, Spyware: So How Did I Get Infected in the First Place?

At the recommendation of tellco from The Tech Guys forum, I visited Browser Hijacking and How to Stop It - This beginner's article from PC Stats.com covers

• The worst case scenario
• Use Anti-virus programs regularly
• Repairing a browser hijack
• Antivirus Scan in safe mode
• Manual system search; HOSTS file
• Manually Checking the registry