Hijacked!!

[karylkoch]

My homepage has been hijacked, by a start page named Zoomed Nation. I have tried everything to get it off my Firefox. I tried to use my Explorer and it's homepage there has the same Zoomed Nation. This happened several days ago, and I have given up on trying to get rid of it. Should I just deleter my provider and start over? Thanks for any help you can give me.

[louiskathy]

my hubby's computer was taken over by conduit ....No matter what he did to try to get to anything else... it just forced the computer to continually go back to the Conduit page and Ccleaner fixed it.
Do you have Ccleaner on your computer?
Can you use another computer to google conduit virus?

conduit removal with CCleaner

[mileshuff]

How about using System Restore to roll Windows back a week or two or even a month. You won't lose any of your own files.

[1492]

OK, that makes sense. I've tried a couple of NCH free apps, and have uninstalled them all. And here's why. Look what the free VideoPad Editor appears to include after monitoring its setup file:



Registry entries for Conduit. What many consider a browser hijack. Some even going as far to call it a virus? And appearing to attach itself to browser search requests, or for tracking browser behavior.

This is what AdwCleaner flagged "after" installing VideoPad:

Notice that you are given the option of unchecking these entries if you do not want them removed. But Conduit may be attached to the program itself, so removing the entries could have broken its functionality.

Alas, few freeware apps come without some type of strings attached. If anything, it appears AdwCleaner worked as it was designed? And likely doing you a favor in the process even though you may not have been aware, or even told of Conduit included in the software?

[az99]

1492 wrote:
Which video editing program, and what OS are you using?

Video Pad Video Editor by NCH Software

[1492]

Which video editing program, and what OS are you using?

[az99]

1492 wrote:
Download and run AdwCleaner and Junkware Removal Tool. These are portable apps and don't need to be installed. They will remove most current hijacks, adaware, and other browser based malware.

Use caution with AdwCleaner. I just ran it and it wiped out one of my video editing programs.

[1492]

Download and run AdwCleaner and Junkware Removal Tool. These are portable apps and don't need to be installed. They will remove most current hijacks, adaware, and other browser based malware.

[karylkoch]

shakyjay wrote:
Sounds like you have been hijacked by nationzoom. If that is the case then simply changing home page settings won't fix it. Try reading through this short thread on bleepingcomputer and it should help you take care of it Remove Nationzoom

Thanks I will go to this site. I know the going to the tools and changing my homepage did not work, that was the first thing I did. Thanks again, and it this works thanks a million. LOL

[shakyjay]

Sounds like you have been hijacked by nationzoom. If that is the case then simply changing home page settings won't fix it. Try reading through this short thread on bleepingcomputer and it should help you take care of it Remove Nationzoom

[wski]

You should be able to change it back in the settings. Using Firefox, go to tools/options and click on the general tab. Here you can set your homepage to whatever you want. Once you chose, click on OK at the bottom and the problem should be solved. Also, make sure that "show my homepage" when Firefox starts is selected. How this helps you..