Browser hijack by babylon/delta

"choro" wrote in message
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On 17/06/2013 18:38, George wrote:
"cameo" wrote in message
...
I've just noticed that the Chrome search engine on my new Win8
laptop is no longer Google, but search.babylon.com. A second
tab
on it also opens at start time, but with delta-search.com.

I've seen here some prior messaging about this nasty babylon
browser hijacker but nobody mentioned its accomplice, delta. I
could not remove them with the traditional methods because
they
don't show up in the Control Panel's uninstall program list
and
changing the default search engine in the Option screen
doesn't
work, either.
I wonder if anybody tried the removal method offered by the
babylon.com web site. I don't trust anything that the makers
of
such nasty malware advise. It could just lead to more malware
installed.

BTW, the IE also is infected and not even MalwareBytes detects
them.

I had that same hijacker, and 5 or 6 different methods I tried
would not remove it. Someone then pointed me to Hitman Pro,
which
was the only tool that finally got rid of it.

http://download.cnet.com/HitmanPro-3...&part=fivemill

Good luck,
George

Beware of installing cnet downloader to download HitmanPro 3 (32
bit) malware remover. Haven't tried Hitman myself but by now I
am wary of cNet downloader which will install, by hook or by
crook, other piggy back nasties on your computer. It is all
cleverly done to fool you and when you complain they say but you
did agree to install this program.

Some cheek!

cNet certainly ain't what it used to be!

There must be other locations other than cNet where you can
downlad Hitman. Softronic I find much better than cNet for
example. Try and see if they offer HitmanPro.
--
choro
*****

To avoid installing unwanted "extras", don't use Express
Installation. Use Custom (or Advanced) Installation and you can
avoid the piggy-backs.

George has written on 6/18/2013 7:36 AM:
"Juan Wei" wrote in message
...
George has written on 6/17/2013 1:38 PM:

I had that same hijacker, and 5 or 6 different methods I tried
would not remove it. Someone then pointed me to Hitman Pro,
which
was the only tool that finally got rid of it.

http://download.cnet.com/HitmanPro-3...&part=fivemill

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/hitman_pro.html avoids
the
nonsense that CNET puts forth.

$18/year.

But I believe it's free for the first 15 or 30 days.

You'll have to download it to find that out.

cameo cameo unreal.invalid wrote:

I've just noticed that the Chrome search engine on my new Win8 laptop is
no longer Google, but search.babylon.com. A second tab on it also opens
at start time, but with delta-search.com.

BTW, the IE also is infected and not even MalwareBytes detects them.

This is a job for having a backup of your Windows drive!

On 6/17/2013 10:38 AM, George wrote:
"cameo" wrote in message
...
I've just noticed that the Chrome search engine on my new Win8
laptop is no longer Google, but search.babylon.com. A second tab
on it also opens at start time, but with delta-search.com.

I've seen here some prior messaging about this nasty babylon
browser hijacker but nobody mentioned its accomplice, delta. I
could not remove them with the traditional methods because they
don't show up in the Control Panel's uninstall program list and
changing the default search engine in the Option screen doesn't
work, either.
I wonder if anybody tried the removal method offered by the
babylon.com web site. I don't trust anything that the makers of
such nasty malware advise. It could just lead to more malware
installed.

BTW, the IE also is infected and not even MalwareBytes detects
them.

I had that same hijacker, and 5 or 6 different methods I tried
would not remove it. Someone then pointed me to Hitman Pro, which
was the only tool that finally got rid of it.

http://download.cnet.com/HitmanPro-3...&part=fivemill

Good luck,
George


After trying several manual steps to get rid off both babylon and delta,
I stumbled on the solution.
A had to remove them from the list of extensions, plus a couple menubars
whose name now I forgot and that seemed to do the trick for both Chrome
and IE.
I suspect I got the infection when I recently downloaded the GOM video
player with its codecs from download.dot and I missed to uncheck some
box during installation.

"cameo" wrote in message ...

I've just noticed that the Chrome search engine on my new Win8 laptop is
no longer Google, but search.babylon.com. A second tab on it also opens
at start time, but with delta-search.com.

I've seen here some prior messaging about this nasty babylon browser
hijacker but nobody mentioned its accomplice, delta. I could not remove
them with the traditional methods because they don't show up in the
Control Panel's uninstall program list and changing the default search
engine in the Option screen doesn't work, either.
I wonder if anybody tried the removal method offered by the babylon.com
web site. I don't trust anything that the makers of such nasty malware
advise. It could just lead to more malware installed.

BTW, the IE also is infected and not even MalwareBytes detects them.

Use 'System Restore'
--
housetrained

Juan Wei posted this via
:

George has written on 6/17/2013 1:38 PM:

I had that same hijacker, and 5 or 6 different methods I tried
would not remove it. Someone then pointed me to Hitman Pro, which
was the only tool that finally got rid of it.

http://download.cnet.com/HitmanPro-3...895604.html?c=
SEM-SEO&s=fivemill&pid=dlcom_sem&aid=download.hitman%2 0pro-e&dlc=n&part=
fivemill

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/hitman_pro.html avoids the
nonsense that CNET puts forth.

$18/year.

"... only tool that finally got rid of it."

(I tip the pizza girl more than that)

--

I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and , EVERYBODY SING :

"NSA sees you when you're sleeping;
NSA knows when you're awake;
NSA knows if you've been bad or good;
So, be good for goodness sake!"

"All your phone calls are belong to us!" -- NSA

On 2013-06-19, cameo wrote:
On 6/17/2013 10:38 AM, George wrote:
"cameo" wrote in message
...
I've just noticed that the Chrome search engine on my new Win8
laptop is no longer Google, but search.babylon.com. A second tab
on it also opens at start time, but with delta-search.com.

I've seen here some prior messaging about this nasty babylon
browser hijacker but nobody mentioned its accomplice, delta. I
could not remove them with the traditional methods because they
don't show up in the Control Panel's uninstall program list and
changing the default search engine in the Option screen doesn't
work, either.
I wonder if anybody tried the removal method offered by the
babylon.com web site. I don't trust anything that the makers of
such nasty malware advise. It could just lead to more malware
installed.

BTW, the IE also is infected and not even MalwareBytes detects
them.

I had that same hijacker, and 5 or 6 different methods I tried
would not remove it. Someone then pointed me to Hitman Pro, which
was the only tool that finally got rid of it.

http://download.cnet.com/HitmanPro-3...&part=fivemill

Good luck,
George


After trying several manual steps to get rid off both babylon and delta,
I stumbled on the solution.
A had to remove them from the list of extensions, plus a couple menubars
whose name now I forgot and that seemed to do the trick for both Chrome
and IE.
I suspect I got the infection when I recently downloaded the GOM video
player with its codecs from download.dot and I missed to uncheck some
box during installation.





Since the search engine got changed to "Bing", perhaps it is what
microsoft paid to have done????

On 2013-06-19, generic name wrote:
On 2013-06-19, cameo wrote:
On 6/17/2013 10:38 AM, George wrote:
"cameo" wrote in message
...
I've just noticed that the Chrome search engine on my new Win8
laptop is no longer Google, but search.babylon.com. A second tab
on it also opens at start time, but with delta-search.com.

I've seen here some prior messaging about this nasty babylon
browser hijacker but nobody mentioned its accomplice, delta. I
could not remove them with the traditional methods because they
don't show up in the Control Panel's uninstall program list and
changing the default search engine in the Option screen doesn't
work, either.
I wonder if anybody tried the removal method offered by the
babylon.com web site. I don't trust anything that the makers of
such nasty malware advise. It could just lead to more malware
installed.

BTW, the IE also is infected and not even MalwareBytes detects
them.

I had that same hijacker, and 5 or 6 different methods I tried
would not remove it. Someone then pointed me to Hitman Pro, which
was the only tool that finally got rid of it.

http://download.cnet.com/HitmanPro-3...&part=fivemill

Good luck,
George


After trying several manual steps to get rid off both babylon and delta,
I stumbled on the solution.
A had to remove them from the list of extensions, plus a couple menubars
whose name now I forgot and that seemed to do the trick for both Chrome
and IE.
I suspect I got the infection when I recently downloaded the GOM video
player with its codecs from download.dot and I missed to uncheck some
box during installation.





Since the search engine got changed to "Bing", perhaps it is what
microsoft paid to have done????

Forgot to add that you might also go into uninstall programs to
uninstall "internet explorer by sweetpacks 4.8 toolbar". cnet is
really a trojan/virus/bot/malware site & should be reported as so.