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The OS is Windows ME. I haven't been having much luck with this at all. BHODemon keeps reporting a new BHO, AOOIM.dll, and it keeps reappearing every time I delete it - it's the only BHO that's reported on my machine. When I run StartPage Guard, it only has something to report if I've ran BHODemon since the last time I ran StartPage.

I've tried Hijack This and deleted EVERYTHING it reported, and used Browser Fortress, and haven't gotten any respite from this annoying problem. I have ran a virus scan with Grisoft AVG (most recent virus definitions), I've ran Spybot Destroyer (which seems to like to crash now, despite a fresh install).

Nothing manages to change my start page to a REAL blank page, I'm still left with this "Search For..." page, the annoying vn.msie.tv popup, and a constantly regenerating webdialer. The webdialer is a particular concern - I'm not sure exactly what kind of dialer it is, but with novice users on this computer, it's a distinct possibility that the computer could be dialing high priced long distance numbers without anyone being the wiser until the phone bill comes.

I'm considering blowing away this windows install, and starting anew. I'd just prefer not to, as up until this problem, this was the best install this computer has ever had.

Once again... anyone who reads this, and has ideas - thanks for your time.

Try cwshredder:

Download and run http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe
from its own folder.
Click Fix and then Next, let it fix everything it asks about.

Make sure you look for updates with the build-in updater

Also run ad aware:

Download Ad-aware from here: http://www.computercops.biz/downloads-file-292.html
Install by double-clicking on the downloaded file.
After installing but before running, update Ad-aware by using its Globe icon.
After updating, shutdown and restart Ad-aware.
Ad-aware is ready to scan and clean your system following these steps:

Under Ad-aware 6 > Settings (Gear at the top) > Tweaks > Scanning Engine:
"Unload recognized processes during scanning."
Under Ad-aware 6 > Settings (Gear at the top) > Tweaks > Cleaning Engine:
"Let Windows remove files in use after reboot."
Press "Scan Now"
Check option "Use Custom scanning options"
Check option "Activate In-Depth Scan"
Press "Select drives\folders to scan"
Select the active partition which is usually C:
Press "Next" to let Ad-aware scan your drives...
If it finds "bad" files and registry keys, press "Next" again
Right-click in that pane and choose "select all"
Press "next"
When it asks to remove all checked items, Press "OK"
Close Ad-aware, reboot your system.

HTH

It worked. I ended up having CWS... I don't know for sure if the webdialer was a connected problem, but since I was able to make it disappear at the same time, I'm assuming it was. Now, if I can just eliminate one of the users, my computer shouldn't have any problems. Thanks for the help!