MY BROWSER HAS A VIRUS THAT HAS ATTACHED ITSELF TO MOZILLA.

Question

I INSTALLED A PROGRAM AND EVER SINCE I DID THAT, I HAVE A NEW HOME PAGE WITH START.SEARCH.USA . I TRIED LOOKING IN MY PROGRAMS, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW UP THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF IT. I TRIED TO UNINSTALL MOZILLA, BUT SOMETHING IS BLOCKING IT.

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Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.<br />
You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.<br />
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
*http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
*http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
*http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx - Microsoft Safety Scanner
*http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
*http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
*http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208280684
See also:
*"Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked