URGENT WARNING BROWSERS HIJACKERS Some of these hijackers are actually Trojans (backdoors) that will disable most anti-virus software when they load. The antic-virus software will continue to look like it is running, and will even scan, but it will not find the backdoor! One method to help get around this is to boot the windows computer in safe mode. This will prevent the OS from loading anything but the most basic of drivers. Then do a system scan with your anti-virus program. Keep a watch on your task list. Users should "familiarize themselves with what is normally running". Then when they have an issue such as a browser hijack, they can fairly quickly determine what program is running that should not be. For a quick check, there is a good site that details almost all common task list programs: answerthatwork.com/Tasklist - pages/tasklist.htm My computers had a similar problem not too long ago. Registry editing was required to remove it but it kept my virus scan from finding it. The way I found it was doing a remote virus scan from my computer. Antic-virus software companies now warn about a new version of the popular Bagel Virus, which is spreading on the Internet through infected e-mail messages and which similarly sets up a backdoor to your computer system. Bagle.U is the 21st version of an e-mail worm that first appeared in January. Unlike earlier versions of the worm, the new variant puts out enticing messages, hiding in a file attachment to otherwise blank e-mail messages. Once opened, Bagle.U opens a backdoor to infected systems and mails copies of itself to e-mail addresses it finds on the system. New versions of these worms have been surfacing on an almost daily basis since January, apparently as part of a contest between the authors of Bagel and Netsky worms. YOUR BEST OPTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THEM IS TO NOT OPEN ANY FILE ATTACHMENTS WHATSOEVER.......!!!