Friday, November 14, 2008

Syshomepage.com hijacker removal

Syshomepage.com is next homepage hijacker by a very active and dangerous Zlob trojan. It redirects user's homepage to http://syshomepage.com/security/ which tries to sell fake antispyware programs. On its own, Syshomepage.com is not all that dangerous, but the fact that it is installed by a trojan - namely Zlob - makes it a high risk security threat. Zlob Trojan uses many scare tactics to promote several fake antispyware programs such as VirusResponse Lab 2009, Advanced Antivirus, Ultimate Antivirus and Windows Antivirus.

Computers infected with Syshomepage.com exhibit symptoms such as 'Security Alert' error messages and W32.Myzor.FK@yf infection warnings such the following:

"Warning! W32.Myzor.FK@yf is a virus that infects files with .exe extensions. It attempts to steal passwords and private information from the infected computer. If you are infected with this hijacker you will receive warnings in your task bar stating that you are infected with spyware and to run its special anti-spyware tool."


User's homepage becomes hijacked to http://syshomepage.com/security/

It is very hard to remove Syshomepage.com infection manually, because the process requires advanced technical skills. Therefore, we recommend to use one of the existing removal tools.

Suggested Syshomepage.com Removal Tool

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