No matter what search engine I try to go to (Google, Yahoo, MSN, AltaVista) my computer brings up royalsearch.net

Anyone ever get something like this before?

Rev?

Maybe even...ugh...fine...Rusted Angel?

hmmm sounds like some spyware crap self installed itself...i had a simliar problem months ago...

i think you should go to www.download.com and install "Ad-Aware"

then run the program...it will detect spyware and remove it...

it's a great program to run every once in a while on your PC in any case...

i'm trying to remember...if you need to do soemthing else..

succubus said:

afte running ad aware, do the windows update thing from microsoft

Thanks, Carina and Joe!

Beakey said:

i only you are suppose to run the windows update because someone else told me that.
his name was pepe, and he enjoyed being spanked.

IT MAY BE A LSE NUT BEHIND THE KEYBARD

also, go to tools->internet options and see what your start page is.

though, in this case.. it's a virus..
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.bootconf.html

VBS.Bootconf is a Trojan Horse that modifies the TCP/IP settings to point to a different address. It also changes the Internet Explorer home page and search page to connect to www.royalsearch.net.

VBS.Bootconf is written in Visual Basic Script.

I'm guessing it re-writes your hostname file
c:\windows\system32\hosts or hotsname something like that.

Aaron, can you re-word that in Beakey-talk?

you clicked on something you shouldn't.
it was most-likely attached to an e-mail.

run norton anti-virus.

I already ran Norton Anti-Virus and it referred me to you.
Thank you though.
Goddamn these computers.

run ad-aware too

and then click on that link above and follow the steps listed

Thanks again. I'll do that once I go home.
You're awesome. Carina is such a lucky girl. I'm so jealous.

heh

yeah he's special..that's why I put on a concert for him and do the things i do

<3

I followed those instructions, Rev, three times (to the T) but it's still there. I guess it's a new virus so there's probably a few unknown details about it. Oh well.
If you hear anything, let me know.

hmmm see i remember a similar thing....it didn't work at first...and i was getting soo pissed....and in the end i did something else..that did it....

do you use IE?

aaron what if he installs a different version of ie?

now you need Mike from Bane of Existence
he is the only one who can help you

Yeah, I use IE.

I finally got rid of that fucking virus I had so everybody on this board can go back to their normal lives again.
But, seriously, thanks Aaron, Carina, and Joe.

yay the virus is gone!!! wooooooooo

Beakey, you should of just done this:
http://www.singsingsing.com/has2/macplustopple.rm
that will fix it every time.