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Larsson7
7th November 2004, 13:04
Back from a wee break to find my pc infected with something called SHOPPING WIZARD...chief suspect is my 18 year old nephew and his adult searches ::swear ::swear .

I found this Shopping Wizard in my search , but cannot get rid of it. I run Norton Antivirus..any suggestions as to how I get this off my pc ( banning nephew from using it is an obvious option ) as it had hujacked my home page to About Blank and all its associated pop ups....

Thanks .

Al.
tophatter
7th November 2004, 13:08
Im not the most PC aware person, but try adaware and spybot to get rid of it. Thse two progrms seem tp get rid of most things
bigcumba
7th November 2004, 13:22
It appears you have got landed with one of the nastiest hijack programs around - here's what I found about it with very lon complcated instructions as to getting rif of it.... good luck mate - I think you'll need it!

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3888&st=0&#entry27578
DaveW
7th November 2004, 13:23
and if your nephew listening get Tracks Eraser so you can search Adult education sites without your uncle finding out :)
Larsson7
7th November 2004, 13:26
It appears you have got landed with one of the nastiest hijack programs around - here's what I found about it with very lon complcated instructions as to getting rif of it.... good luck mate - I think you'll need it!

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3888&st=0&#entry27578


Thanks for that link mate......hmmmmm there is no way with my limited pc knowledge of following those instructions...you reckon I would be as well running a complete restore programme ??
Larsson7
7th November 2004, 13:50
When I try to unistall programme , it reads....http//looking-for.cc/uninstall Shopping Wizard.html.
Merlin
7th November 2004, 14:07
I had a similar problem sometime ago - and thanks to advice here....I came across ¨spyware doctor¨ I downloaded - and it sorted my problems out.....

It worked for me - but please let more knowledgeable people on the forum confirm before using it.....:yikes:
MarcusMel
7th November 2004, 14:21
http://help.lockergnome.com/index.php?showtopic=26634&st=0&#entry195470

Found this through a google search and maybe of some help.