ie error pages are redirecting to lop.com

[Mhtml]

my ie error pages redirecting to http://www.lop.com pages include the syntax error in url and the server can not be found pages.

I didn't configure this to happen but it does and it is horrible. Even when I navigate to a directory the doesn't exist I get redirected there. And if I'm offline it tries to reconnect.

Can someone help me to stop this from happening.
[WIN 98]

[scroots]

i do belive it is some sort of virus, someone a long time ago had the same problem.

scroots

[mouse]

Congrats Mhtml and welcome to spyware city :eek:

Try reading this page: http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/lop/

And then download a removal program like Spybot (http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10167468.html?tag=lst-0-1).

[Mhtml]

Thanks for the links, I never knew that it was anything like that.
How I got it though I don't know.

edit; since they did that to me would it be wrong if I were to say click a button on a program my friend made that would coincidently kill their mail servers? ;)

[scroots]

in some clause of an EULA it will state that it is coupled with some third party software etc. so they a fully coverd, look in the agreement for kazaa it says about all the spywhere they install aswell.

scroots

[Mhtml]

When I ran the program search and destroy I got 145 listings! :eek:

[brothercake]

I had that same lop.com ... stupid thing. I can't even remember where from.

System Restore on XP is good. It just turns the clock back - like none of it ever happened :D

[Mhtml]

Yeah I've heard good things about that system restore thing, alas my computer is to slow to handle xp...well that and it's to expensive here in Australia.