Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
for expert analysis, not here.**

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

paxi_9@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am using IE6 (Microsoft Internet Explorer v6.0.2) on Windows XP_sp2
> for nearly 1 year without any problem..
>
> I have Norton Antivirus, ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall, Microsoft AntiSpyware
> (beta) on my system to protect my system from possible intruders and
> viruses..
>
> To my bad fate, 1 month back I connected to my (dialup) internet, after
> disabling all the above protectors (for some other reason).. that too
> only for a period of 3 minutes...
>
> Some nasty ADWARE HACKED my IE6 and attached some UI to the tool-bar,
> when I was browsing thru some websites..
>
> I somehow managed to remove those things from the IE UI.. I forgot how
> I did.
>
> But after that, My IE started to load slowly..
>
> "LOAD SLOWLY" in the sense, it is loading pages in the as-usual speed,
>
> But it IE application itself loads very slowly (takes 8 to 25
> seconds)...
>
> I searched thru the lot of webpages, groups, forums here and there to
> find a proper solution for this.. I dont find any proper solution...
> and I also tried with various registry and IE-application-folder
> manipulation advised by most.. but in vein..
>
> Have you faced a problem like this.. if so.. how do u go and fix it..
> or is there a solution without reinstalling IE6 or XP.. since I have my
> XP&IE with all the latest updates.. I am not willing to do it once
> more as it is a time and internet consuming process (mine is a 115kb
> dialup connection)
>
> expecting ur help
>
> Thanks & regards
>
> R.Padmakumar
> paxi_9@yahoo.com