Computer Hope
Software => Internet browsers => Topic started by: trkrdude4501 on February 17, 2009, 07:13:12 PM
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Need help ASAP - Everytime I want to get on internet explorer after computer start up, it goes to this URL automatically everytime I click on the IE Icon.
http://files/Internet%20Explorer/explore.exe
What the heck is this and how do I get rid of this? Any help would be greatly appreciated, believe me!!! Is there another site I can go to to get the answer? thanks again, Ken
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Why not change the Start Page ? ?
Tools/Internet Options/Home Page....
You can set this to what you like or where you want to go...
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Has been set to comcast.net homepage for long time now, thanks anyway, have a computer guy coming over later, take care, Ken
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Click here (http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/downloads/HJTSetup.exe) to download HijackThis.
- Save HJTsetup.exe to your desktop.
- Double click on the HJTsetup.exe icon on your desktop.
- By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Hijack This.
- Continue to click Next in the setup dialogue boxes until you get to the Select Addition Tasks dialogue.
- Put a check by Create a desktop icon then click Next again.
- Continue to follow the rest of the prompts from there.
- At the final dialogue box click Finish and it will launch Hijack This.
- Click on the Do a system scan and save a logfile button. It will scan and the log should open in Notepad.
- Click on Edit > Select All then click on Edit > Copy to copy the entire contents of the log.
- Come back here to this thread and Paste the log in your next reply.
- DO NOT have Hijack This fix anything yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or required by the system.