I want to shoot the jerk that was on my computer last

[Lostmessage]

I had some friends over and someone got on my computer and accepted a web page as my home page that I can't get rid of.

My search engine is gone and no matter how many times I go back to the default web browser it keeps going back to the one that was set up on my computer that I didn't set up.

How do you delete a search engine and go back to yahoo's web page.

It keeps switching me back every time I go back to yahoo and it's like a virus that you can't get rid of.

When you think everything is back to normal it switches you back.

This is the browser that I can't get rid of and I have changed it to yahoo over 30 times in the past two hours.

This is what I can't get rid of.
http://i-lookup.com/

GD'it I want to slap the jerk that messed my configuration up on this computer.

[Kellanved]

1. A Homepgae Hijacker

AKA Spyware.

Spybot should catch it: http://security.kolla.de

[lcordero]

2. you would have to modify or delete every reference in your

registry that refers to i-lookup. Also, it wouldn't hurt to use adaware and spybot search & destroy.

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3. I have spybot

I have ran it over and over and it still it not removing it.

[Kellanved]

4. newest version?

Have you tried Ad-Aware in addition?

[Lostmessage]

5. I may have to add it

I am going nuts I don't have a search engine.

[Shanty Oilish]

6. Get a decoy computer

I have houseguests all the time. I have another computer just for them to mess with. Keeps them out of the silverware and the liquor. :thumbsup:

[KissMyAsscroft]

7. Run Ad-Aware and Spybot....

That will take care of it...

[Florida_Geek]

8. This is not easy ;(

Here is the instructions from a site you can trust.

http://www.spysweeper.com/remove-i-lookup.html

[tkmorris]

9. I don't think spyware proggies will help you here

You need to run HijackThis ( http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html ) and delete the registry entries themselves. You need to be careful doing that, if you post the results of the scan here I will try to help you determine what is causing the trouble.

[tkmorris]

10. Also this program here

http://www.uninstall-i-lookup.com/ says it will automatically delete the entries for i-lookup. I have no idea if it works or not, beware.

[Florida_Geek]

11. I questioned a number of sites

in my Google search like that one. Why would somebody pay for a Web site just to uninstall i-lookup.

[Kellanved]

13. no

I wouldn't use something like that. Spybot lists I-Lookup in the latest update; after downloading all updates Spybot should be able to remove it.

Other than that:
I-lookup itself offers an uninstaller, but I'm not sure if I would trust them either:
http://toolbar.i-lookup.com/uninstall.exe

More info:
http://www.pchell.com/support/click2findnow.shtml

[SheilaT]

12. Any clue as to which friend did it?

I'd make it quite clear to all those who were over that day that doing this sort of thing is totally unacceptable.

[TNDemo]

14. Get CWShredder.

Download it and run it. It finds those those hidden sneaky things that change your homepage. I had a real problem until someone here told me about it. Your friends probably have no idea where this came from. I got it and I certainly don't know where I got it.