Yahoo Spigot removal

[Mike N]

Followed a couple guides to try and remove but without any luck. Any help appreciated.

Mike

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Hi,



Download attached fixlist.txt on the same location as FRST (otherwise the fix won't work)

Open FRST, and click Fix. Attach me that report after it is finished.

 

[Mike N]

Thanks

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Is it better now?

 

[Mike N]

No. Still cant change start page from Tools/Internet Options/General "Home page" Box. After I put a new home page in and apply and save and exit. When I reopen IE, it just goes back to Yahoo/Spigot home page.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Please download zoek.zip or zoek.rar by smeenk (

) from here or here and save it to your Desktop.
Unpack the archive...

• Close any open browsers
• Temporarily disable your AntiVirus program. (If necessary)
  If you are unsure how to do this please read this or this Instruction.
  
• Double click on zoek.exe to run the tool .
  Please wait while the tool does not start...
  
• Copy the text present inside the code box below and paste it into the large window in the zoek tool:
  
  

  autoclean;
  emptyclsid;
  emptyalltemp;

• Click on
  
  button.
  Please wait until a logreport will open (this can be after reboot)
  
• Save notepad to your Desktop and attach here zoek-results.log
  Note: It will also create a log in the C:\ directory named "zoek-results.log"

 

[Mike N]

Attached.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

IE should be fixed now, right?

 

[Mike N]

Nope, go to control panel then IE settings, change start page to google then apply and save but when reopen, it has reverted back to yahoo spigot.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Execute Zoek one more time:

iedefaults;

 

[Mike N]

Nope, keeps reverting back to Yahoo Spigot.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Re-run FRST again, check Addition.txt, press Scan and attach both reports.


Re-run Zoek again with this script:

StandardSearch;
emptyfolderscheck;
installer-list;
installedprogs;
uninstall-list;

 

[Mike N]

Same. Home page changes back to Yahoo Spigot. Files attached. Thanks

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

> Re-run zoek with this script and attach here fresh zoek log results.

chrdefaults;
iedefaults;

 

[Mike N]

Ran Zoek with script, was I supposed to run FRST with the attached fixlist? I did. IE11 still goes back to Yahoo Spigot.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Go to Internet Explorer, click Settings, Advanced and press Reset to reset Internet Explorer.

 

[Mike N]

I did the reset. Home page just goes back to Yahoo Spigot. Went back into IE Internet options and tried to change homepage but it just goes back to Yahoo Spigot.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Only Internet Explorer? Other browsers does not have this problem?

Run FRST and attach fresh report.

 

[Mike N]

Chrome opens to google page. New FRST attached.

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

This is weird. Do you have maybe some software that does this, I see nothing in the reports



Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop.

Double click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool.

• Click on the Scan button.
• After the scan has finished click on the Clean button.

Press OK when asked to close all programs and follow the onscreen prompts.
Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.

• After rebooting, a logfile report (AdwCleaner[S0].txt) will open automatically.
• Post logfile will also be saved in the C:\AdwCleaner folder.