Question:
Help, http://protectionband.com/ is now my web page and it won't go away!?
Bill J
2007-02-27 13:57:24 UTC
This page has highjacked my PC and it aslo says I have been infected with SpyBot@MXt. My spyware program does not even see this! Can you please tell me where to get a program that always works? Bill
Four answers:
anonymous
2007-02-28 01:08:44 UTC
Your computer is infected with a trojan called Zlob. Zlob hijacks your homepage to protectionband.com and generates warning messages to try and get you to buy fake programs such as SpyDawn, SpyHeal, Antivermins and others. Of course it is important to get rid of protectionband.com, but its just as important to also remove the Zlob Trojan that implanted it there. In my experience, a program called SpyNoMore is your best bet in removing the Zlob trojan. By removing this trojan, you will also get rid of protectionband.com. Another symptom of Zlob Trojan is that it generates fake warning messages like:



System Alert

Critical System Error

System Performance monitor warning

Security Alert: NetWorm-i.Virus@fp

Security Warning: SpyBot@MXt trojan

W32.Myzor.FK@yf



http://www.spynomore.com/protectionband-com.htm



http://www.spynomore.com/trojan-zlob.htm
droop_dog20
2007-02-27 22:43:32 UTC
Use anti-hijacking tools such as IE-Spyad; StartPage Guard; and Script Sentry. However these don't all ways work 100% so here is a manual way to do it.



2. Close any open Internet Explorer windows.



a. Click Start -> Run, type regedit and click OK to open the Registry Editor.



b. Navigate to:



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer



If you find sub-folders called restricted or control panel, delete them. Check for the same sub-folders in:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer



and delete them, too, if they exist. Then close Regedit.



Delete the suspect registry keys



3. If your search pages have been redirected, re-establish the defaults:



a. Open the Registry Editor and navigate to:



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main



Change the Search Page value to:



http://home.microsoft.com/access/allinone.asp



and, if it exists, change the Search Bar value to:



http://search.msn.com/spbasic.htm



b. Navigate to:



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL



and change the default value to:



http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s



c. Navigate to:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search



Change the SearchAssistant value to:



http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.htm



and change the CustomizeSearch value to:



http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchcust.htm



Reset the registry search keys



4. Reset your home page to your chosen page:

1. In Internet Explorer, choose Internet Options from the Tools Menu and, on the General tab, type in your preferred home page.

2. Do a search for any files with the extension HTA. If you find any such files, open each in turn in Notepad and see whether they contain a reference to the site which has hijacked your browser. Delete any HTA files which contain such a reference.

3. Locate the file HOSTS (it has no file extension) and open it in Notepad. Once again, look for any reference to the hijacking site. If you find any references, delete the lines containing those references.



Reset your home page in Internet Explorer



5. Use BHODemon to control which Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) are loaded when you open your browser. When you run the program, it will let you know which BHOs are being loaded. Usually, you should see nothing more than Acrobat Reader (Acroiehelper.ocx) and perhaps an anti-virus helper, such as Norton’s NavShExt.dll. If BHODemon reports any other BHOs, click the Details button and then More Details to check the source. If you’re suspicious of any BHO, disable it.



Use BHODemon to control Browser Helper programs



6. a. Click Start -> Run -> msconfig and check the programs under the Startup tab. If you find an entry which contains regedit.exe /s disable it, and disable other programs you know to be suspicious.



b. Still in msconfig, click the System.Ini tab and click the + beside [boot] to expand the section. Look for a line reading shell=explorer.exe. The line should read exactly that; delete any following commands, but make sure you leave shell=explorer.exe intact.



Note: If you’re using Windows NT, 2000 or XP, this information is contained in the registry key:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell



which should contain the value explorer.exe.



c. Click OK to exit from msconfig and reboot your system.
anonymous
2007-02-27 22:06:03 UTC
Either of these sites will remove the Smitfraud Trojan that hijacked your Homepage and Browser.



http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm



http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php
Martin G.
2007-02-27 22:17:19 UTC
protectionband is the Zlob Trojan. Google for "Zlob Removal" and you will find a lot of solutions.

Good Luck

M.


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