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got a bug (virus) now internet explorer gone haywire......help!

i got a virus in my computer yesterday (saturday), now my computer gives me this:

mk:@MSITStore:C:\spe\start.chm::/start.html#

were my homepage should be,(in my properties page) and if i try to change it, it takes me to a page that doesn't work, it just keeps on "looping" itself back over and over.

this homepage is a porn site...........plz help my wife doesn't understand this is a virus, and i haven't been looking at porn.
thanks,
john

i'm giving all the points i have left (350) to who can fix it.

jishields

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also i have run all the updates on internet explorer, i have run my antivirus several times, and i have tried ad-aware 6.0 several times, i do remember that the virus was a trojah and a worm it detected at the same time. also when i deleted what the antivirus found, it deleted some of my system files and caused me to reboot in safe mode.

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OK. I see you already tried Adaware.

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From the "readme" file:

Fix for Msitstore start.chm Hijack by Shadowwar

This will fix the msitstore/start.chm hijack.
Please run fix.bat to fix.
This will not work if you run it from inside the zip!
If you need to restore for some reason please click the restore.bat in the c:!backup to restore all things this removed.

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jishields

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none of it worked the virus is still there, and now my computer has crashed when it logs on all it does is "blink" cursor. i am really tired of working on it i think i may just go by a new one. if you can get the person over this site to divide this 350 points amoung you all, i do appreciate the advice. i am sure if i had more knowledge about computer software i could have figured it out, but i don't and these answers are like a foreign language to me.

thanks for all the help though,
john

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:(

Good luck with your new mean machine...

Zee

Thank you much. : )

Don't forget to setup good antivirus and adware/spyware programs on the new system before you go back online. : )