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Software => Internet browsers => Topic started by: Abola James on August 12, 2005, 08:17:54 AM

Title: removing intrusive address from default home page
Post by: Abola James on August 12, 2005, 08:17:54 AM

the following address http://www.thinkgeek.com/fortune.shtml has been embedded into my IE default home page, however much I delete it keeps coming back - any thought on how i can get rid of it for good.

Title: Re: removing intrusive address from default home p
Post by: Raptor on August 12, 2005, 08:19:11 AM

Use the following applications:

Anti spy/malware
Microsoft Antispyware (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en)
-- Anti spyware scanner. Windows XP Home and Professional only.
Spybot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html)
-- Anti spyware scanner
Adaware SE Personal (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/)
-- Anti spyware scanner

Title: Re: removing intrusive address from default home p
Post by: dl65 on August 12, 2005, 04:25:44 PM

Abola James...   When you say ....."has been embedded"
do you mean whenever you attempt to open your homepage .....you are redirected to the one you mention .If thats what is happening ..you are infected with a browser hijacker .........You must D/L hijackthis.....from http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html

download it to your desktop ..........run a scan and save the logfile .......then post it here and we can tell you what to mark for removal .

dl65  ::)