ie homepage changed .. probably registry
 

ya ..

every time i restart my computer, the ie homepage is approvedlinks.com .. probably something in the registry, can somebody tell me how to fix it?

btw, you all should blacklist this bastard.

try running adaware, spybot or you can dip into the registry

Where were you surfing? I caught the same shit yesterday.

Quick fix: regedit, search for "approvedlinks", then delete all records found. Then change the home page manually.

Also there were two exes in the windows folder, around 30k each, they're not hidden - sort the folder by date and look for the date when your browser's got infected.

Or perhaps it refreshes daily, check today's date too.

Adaware didn't remove it.

dude i have no idea! LOL this shit seriously sucks haha.. i tried what you told me, i will see after next restart..

didnt have the exe files trough..

sorry bout that but blacklisting me is a little extreme you did accept the agreement when you downloaded my program with the homepage resetting script.

I had this EXACT problems a few daus ago, my homepage was approvedlinks and I got pop-ups every 5 min, and both Spybot and Adaware will not get rid of it. You need to download
this zip here (coolwebsearch is the same as approvedlinks)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
This got rid of it for me!

deleting it by hand didnt work out too helpful, i might did something wrong whatsoever...

but this little programm worked great! thank you so much phogirl69, if you ever need a favor, let me know!