[jeffperkinstech]

How do you repair IE in WinXP SP2? I can not find the iesetup.exe and there
is no listing for IE in control panel.

The bigger problem I am having is that some kind of infection has hijacked
my Yahoo page and dammaged the search function of WinXP SP2 home (Build
2600.xpsp_2_gdr.050301-1519).

There are no restore points for me to go back to and since this is
(unfortunately) a Dell, there is no disk to do a repair with.

I have searched (manually) the directory, the registry...everywhere...I can
not find the culprit of the hijacked page or can think of a way to repair the
dammage to WinXP. I am hoping someone here has encountered a similar problem.
--
Jeff

[PA Bear]

In WinXP SP2, you repair (reinstall, actually) IE by reinstalling SP2. But
if hijackware's your problem (and it is), repairing/reinstalling won't help
because Windows is what's infected, not IE.

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/data/tshoot.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security


jeffperkinstech wrote:
> How do you repair IE in WinXP SP2? I can not find the iesetup.exe and
> there is no listing for IE in control panel.
>
> The bigger problem I am having is that some kind of infection has hijacked
> my Yahoo page and dammaged the search function of WinXP SP2 home (Build
> 2600.xpsp_2_gdr.050301-1519).
>
> There are no restore points for me to go back to and since this is
> (unfortunately) a Dell, there is no disk to do a repair with.
>
> I have searched (manually) the directory, the registry...everywhere...I
> can not find the culprit of the hijacked page or can think of a way to
> repair the dammage to WinXP. I am hoping someone here has encountered a
> similar problem.

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE]

If the machine came with SP2, you do a repair install of WinXP.

"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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"jeffperkinstech" <jeffperkinstech@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:BDB92952-F1A4-4391-8EAB-EC7DD9C07A80@microsoft.com...
> How do you repair IE in WinXP SP2? I can not find the iesetup.exe and
> there
> is no listing for IE in control panel.
>
> The bigger problem I am having is that some kind of infection has hijacked
> my Yahoo page and dammaged the search function of WinXP SP2 home (Build
> 2600.xpsp_2_gdr.050301-1519).
>
> There are no restore points for me to go back to and since this is
> (unfortunately) a Dell, there is no disk to do a repair with.
>
> I have searched (manually) the directory, the registry...everywhere...I
> can
> not find the culprit of the hijacked page or can think of a way to repair
> the
> dammage to WinXP. I am hoping someone here has encountered a similar
> problem.
> --
> Jeff