I don't know how this happened but I want to say that it happened after I downloaded a program called iLivid which is to stream movies. I never download anything onto my computer unless I feel 100% safe with the program but I thought why not, HUGE mistake! although this isn't creating my computer to slow down or crash, I don't feel safe filling out anything where my personal information is required. I have tried scanning it for viruses using Microsoft Security Essentials and it "detected" something and cleaned it and I thought for sure it was fixed. Wrong! I restarted my computer and there it was, still as my homepage. I don't know what else to do. Can someone please help?
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Download OTL to your desktop.
Double click on the icon to run it. Make sure all other windows are closed and to let it run uninterrupted.
When the window appears, underneath Output at the top change it to Minimal Output.
Check the boxes beside LOP Check and Purity Check.
Under Custom Scan paste this in
netsvcs
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\*.exe
/md5start
explorer.exe
winlogon.exe
Userinit.exe
svchost.exe
/md5stop
C:\Windows\assembly\tmp\U\*.* /s
CREATERESTOREPOINT
Click the Run Scan button. Do not change any settings unless otherwise told to do so. The scan wont take long.
When the scan completes, it will open two notepad windows. OTL.Txt and Extras.Txt. These are saved in the same location as OTL.
Please copy (Edit->Select All, Edit->Copy) the contents of these files, one at a time, and post it with your next reply.
