hotspotshield malware changing my search engines

[kuwaiti]

hi i used hotspotshield proxy software and its changed my seach and some time its redirect me to their site
wich make my surfing slow and very annoying

i removed it and searched for malware but no luck , found alot of people with same problem

any one know how to solve it? please

thanks

[jazzipup]

Uninstall the software, download something like youruninstaller to purge keys that get left over, then download malwarebytes and run a scan. As long as you haven't got any viruses on there it should be ok

[kuwaiti]

Still same problem

[waken]

try to download clean my pc registry. good program

[lagerland]

Or just edit the registy..............
start
run
regedit
hkey local machine
software this is on xp go through the s/w and delete it ............

[kuwaiti]

its not in regedit since i removed the software

[kuwaiti]

i found how ill past it here

In "about:config", enter associated search tags like "goo", "get", "it" or "McAfee". If strings appear, right click on each one and choose "reset". Now if the string is changed to something other than "Google", I suggest you to delete it. To do so, you need to look into your user profile.



If using Windows 7 or Vista, go to "C:\Users\Your Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Profile folder .


If using Windows XP, go to "C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Profile folder.



Open the file "prefs.js" with Notepad and search (Ctrl+F) for the string names (or parts of it) you want to delete. Then simply mark the lines and delete them. Save changes and you should be done.

[D21198071]

you better run clean install....so it doesn't make you headache again...after that use good internet security...

[Reapers]

it has most likely changed your network settings in your browser
and not corrected them common with proxy software.

depending on which browser you have you will need to go in to the
options and network settings and disable the proxies so it will use your
main ip dns addresses etc and be able to change your home address.

Firefox

Tool-Options-Advanced-Connection-Settings-No Proxy.

Internet Explorer

Internet Options-Connections- Lan Settings-Untick Proxy Setting.

Opera

Edit-Preferences-Advanced-Network-Proxy Servers
Then Remove Proxy Information.

Safari

Edit-Preferences-Advanced-Change Settings-Lan Settings-Proxy Settings
and Untick Use a Proxy Server For This Connection

[jetdede]

it has most likely changed your network settings in your browser
and not corrected them common with proxy software.

depending on which browser you have you will need to go in to the
options and network settings and disable the proxies so it will use your
main ip dns addresses etc and be able to change your home address.

Firefox

Tool-Options-Advanced-Connection-Settings-No Proxy.

Internet Explorer

Internet Options-Connections- Lan Settings-Untick Proxy Setting.

Opera

Edit-Preferences-Advanced-Network-Proxy Servers
Then Remove Proxy Information.

Safari

Edit-Preferences-Advanced-Change Settings-Lan Settings-Proxy Settings
and Untick Use a Proxy Server For This Connection

Thank you for great info

[kuwaiti]

it has most likely changed your network settings in your browser
and not corrected them common with proxy software.

depending on which browser you have you will need to go in to the
options and network settings and disable the proxies so it will use your
main ip dns addresses etc and be able to change your home address.

Firefox

Tool-Options-Advanced-Connection-Settings-No Proxy.

Internet Explorer

Internet Options-Connections- Lan Settings-Untick Proxy Setting.

Opera

Edit-Preferences-Advanced-Network-Proxy Servers
Then Remove Proxy Information.

Safari

Edit-Preferences-Advanced-Change Settings-Lan Settings-Proxy Settings
and Untick Use a Proxy Server For This Connection

thanks wont work but thats for ur help

i past above how to solve it

[kuwaiti]

If using Windows 7 or Vista, go to "C:\Users\Your Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Profile folder .


If using Windows XP, go to "C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Profile folder.



Open the file "prefs.js" with Notepad and search (Ctrl+F) for the string names (or parts of it) you want to delete. Then simply mark the lines and delete them. Save changes and you should be done.

u cant fix it by EX or firefox setting
thanks for all your help guys