searchdom home page hijack

[inferno]

My home page has been hijacked and redirected to a site called searchdom.net. I have googled this problem and don't get many hits, but from those I have seen it appears to be a difficult problem to shift. I have done all the usual things (spybot, adaware, hijackthis coolweb shredder etc) but I can't change my homepage back. On one of the forums I saw that someone following techie instructions ended up losing everything on their desktop apart from the wallpaper!

Is anyone else aware of this problem and know if anything is being done to produce a fix?

[PatTheRat]

I lost everything on my desktop once before. I didnt know the source at the time, and I still dont. If you dont have anti-virus, i suggest you get Girsoft free anti-virus: http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/  Also, make sure your home page just hasnt been altered. Try (from the toolbar above your browser) tools>internet options> and make sure your home page is whatever it should be.

[inferno]

I have norton anti-virus, and the new microsoft antispyware - they didn't stop the virus. I have all the usual spyware fixes and they won't fix it. I haven't lost my desktop, I am just aware that someone else did when they tried to fix this problem.

My home page has been altered - the problem is that I can't alter it back - and believe me I have tried everything. I want to know if anyone else has had the same problem (ie hijack to the searchdom page) and if they are aware of a fix that works.

[tomd]

While I may be underestimating you here, you don't say that it keeps changing the web page back to searchdom. Have you manually changed your home page back in the Tools > Internet Options (if using IE) options menu? Mine changes sometimes, but it doesn't usually keep changing itself after I've changed it back.

[Fern57]

Edit the registry:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\ -

double-click on  Startpage - type in the full address of the page you want as your homepage.

then run anti-spyware

[inferno]

Tomd - I have tried that method, but without success - it won't accept the change back to my homepage. This is a virus that seems to be very difficult to shift.

Fern 57 - thanks for the suggestion, but this won't work, simple registry changes/edits won't solve the problem.I was looking for a specific fix for this particular hijack but I have given up and am getting a techie in - it will cost me, but I don't seem to have an option.