Browser Hijacker Program at Work Again in Katy TX
Once again I had my old HP laptop get hit with Browser Hijacker program(s) here in Katy TX. I am not sure where this stuff is coming from but there it was raising its ugly head for several weeks. I tolerated it but I keep getting sent to other web sites when I was working in Active Rain. I use Norton and Malwarebytes for virus and malware protection. This certainly did not stop the latest group from almost making my HP unuseable. I can easily say this stuff gets old very fast.
I do remember exactly when but I did write another post about a hijacker program which took several hours to get rid of and I was totally frustrated when it was finally over being the fight with this program. If I get time I will search my own blogs for that post as I am sure this hijacker is still active. .
This time I was battling something which goes by the name “Istatic.eshopcomp.com”. DO NOT go to there web site as who knows what will happen. I was getting these continuous messages about malicious software trying to go outbound from my HP. It took several tries but I believe I got rid of it by following instructions I found at http://www.pc-bot.com/how-to-delete-istatic-eshopcomp-com-effectively. I recommend doing your own search using Google. These folks offered 3 cures with two involving more virus/malware software which I sure will make you buy their software before the issue is fixed or maybe it is not fixed. I did the manual steps as I already have software which obviously is not doing the trick.
After the system reset for Google Chrome was processed, I ended with a new start page being Speedialer? I found it and hopefully eliminated it but you never know.
We bought a Macbook Air which I try to use as much as possible. The issue iis I have a lot of pictures and software with files I have to access with the HP and not the MAC. The MAC by the way is wonderful but I am having issues organizing my pictures and getting a complete. If someone got some suggestions I am all ears.
Browser Hijacker Program at Work Again in Katy TX
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