How do you find out if the Spyware is really enabling others to hack your PC?

How do you know how dangerous the Spyware is each time some site hijacks your home page and turns the home page into theirs?I have had my home page hijacked many times. When I do a search,they always describe the new page as some sort of spyware/virus so I assume it enables someone from the other side to know all your passwords etc

Edited by Yew, 25 August 2016 - 10:49 AM.

• Please download MiniToolBox, save it to your desktop and run it.
• Checkmark the following checkboxes:
  • Flush DNS
  • Report IE Proxy Settings
  • Reset IE Proxy Settings
  • Report FF Proxy Settings
  • Reset FF Proxy Settings
  • List content of Hosts
  • List IP configuration
  • List Winsock Entries
  • List last 10 Event Viewer log
  • List Installed Programs
  • List Users, Partitions and Memory size.
• Click Go and post the result (Result.txt). A copy of Result.txt will be saved in the same directory the tool is run. Note: When using "Reset FF Proxy Settings" option Firefox should be closed.

• Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop.
• Double click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool. Vista/Windows 7/8 users right-click and select Run As Administrator
• Click on the Scan button.
• AdwCleaner will begin...be patient as the scan may take some time to complete.
• After the scan has finished, click on the Report button...a logfile (AdwCleaner[R0].txt) will open in Notepad for review.
• The contents of the log file may be confusing. Unless you see a program name that you know should not be removed, don't worry about it. If you see an entry you want to keep, let me know about it.
• Copy and paste the contents of that logfile in your next reply.
• A copy of all logfiles are saved in the C:\AdwCleaner folder which was created when running the tool.

• Please download Junkware Removal Tool to your desktop.
• Shut down your protection software now to avoid potential conflicts.
• Run the tool by double-clicking it. If you are using Windows Vista, 7, or 8; instead of double-clicking, right-mouse click JRT.exe and select "Run as Administrator".
• The tool will open and start scanning your system.
• Please be patient as this can take a while to complete depending on your system's specifications.
• On completion, a log (JRT.txt) is saved to your desktop and will automatically open.
• Post the contents of JRT.txt into your next message.

• Click here to download the installer for ESET Online Scanner and save it to your Desktop.
• Disable all your antivirus and antimalware software - see how to do that here.
• Right click on esetsmartinstaller_enu.exe and select Run as Administrator.
• Place a checkmark in YES, I accept the Terms of Use, then click Start. Wait for ESET Online Scanner to load its components.
• Select Enable detection of potentially unwanted applications.
• Click Advanced Settings, then place a checkmark in the following:
  • Remove found threats
  • Scan archives
  • Scan for potentially unsafe applications
  • Enable Anti-Stealth technology
• Click Start to begin scanning.
• ESET Online Scanner will start downloading signatures and scan. Please be patient, as this scan can take quite some time.
• When the scan is done, click List threats (only available if ESET Online Scanner found something).
• Click Export, then save the file to your desktop.
• Click Back, then Finish to exit ESET Online Scanner.

I think my browser choice would be Google Chrome?I downloaded the Adwcleaner which cleaned most of the "Threats" but is unable to clean/get rid of Nuesearch. What should I do next?

Nuesearch is probably in Chromes Add ons

 

If I want to leave Nuesearch alone,is that also a good option or will it cause future problems? 

From the web......

Nuesearch is a browser hijacker that is bundled with other free software that you download off of the Internet. When installed this browser hijacker it will set the homepage and search engine for your web browser to http://www.nuesearch.com.

This itself is not considered malicious as there are many legitimate programs that change these settings as well. What is considered malicious, though, is that it will also append the argument http://www.nuesearch.com to random Windows shortcuts on your desktop and your Windows Start Menu.

You really don't want or need nuesearch....suggest you post the results of all scans by following boopme's instructions.