Browser Hijacked

I know that this must be a common problem, but I have been unable to find a solution that works. My computer is running Windows XP, and the browser is Internet Explorer 6.0. All updates and service packs are current.

Somewhere along the line my browser got hijacked and now I have this unwanted homepage that I cannot get rid of no matter what I try. I believe that I need to go into the registry and take out the website address for the unwanted page and put the one I want in place of it. I did that, but it went back to the unwanted page again.

I am thinking that there is somewhere else a file is hidding that I need to go and weed it out. I have done file/folder searches and tried to locate by the info on the website, and looked for *.hta files. I cannot find how to remove this item permanently.

I have done a virus scan with Norton 2003, and used Adaware, and downloaded Spybot Search and Destroy to try to remove the hijacker. After using all these items, the browser is still hijacked, with no solution in sight. I belive the Spybot program has identified the registry settings but seems unable to change the settings. Information on the registry settings as well as the webpage of the hijacker follows:

Common hijacker: Prefix change (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes\www=http://

Common hijacker: Prefix change (Registry change, nothing done) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\DefaultPrefix\=http://

http://www.smart-finder.biz/
http://nkvd.us

I must be missing something simple I think. I would appreciate any information on removing this or if there is another program that works good at removing the hijacker.
Thanks




What.....what the hell??

I'm having the same exact problem, and i've tryed everything you have.

SOMEONE HELP!!!

Dude, I have the EXACT same problen, same website and everything. I dont know wtf to do? Please help anyone?

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I second that. CWShredder rocked for me, few months ago. Found stuff nothing else found. Two thumbs up.

Here's clickies:
<A HREF="http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html" target="_new">Page with info</A>
<A HREF="http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe" target="_new">CWShredder</A>

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Seems to be working for now, thanks alot guys, I appreciate it. If anything comes up, I will let you know. THANKS

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