hi
my default home page changes automatically to some crappy
search engine and porn sites get loaded into my favorites
list almost every time i reboot i know i have no trojans
or viruses can someone tell me what is doing this and how
to stop it

thanx

go to ad-aware at lavasoftusa.com or spybot at
safer-networking.org .. download ,update,, and scan.
should get rid of it... and on spybot after scan you can
choose immunize and block bad pages.

>-----Original Message-----
>hi
>my default home page changes automatically to some crappy
>search engine and porn sites get loaded into my favorites
>list almost every time i reboot i know i have no trojans
>or viruses can someone tell me what is doing this and how
>to stop it
>
>thanx
>.
>

"rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8dd101c404a3$2f5ef870$(E-Mail Removed)
> hi
> my default home page changes automatically to some crappy
> search engine and porn sites get loaded into my favorites
> list almost every time i reboot i know i have no trojans
> or viruses can someone tell me what is doing this and how
> to stop it
>
> thanx

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
especially
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
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Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

"rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<8dd101c404a3$2f5ef870$(E-Mail Removed)>...
>
> my default home page changes automatically to some crappy
> search engine

You have probably inadvertently downloaded and installed adware,
spyware, parasite, trojan or a browser hijacker from some web site:

http://www.geocities.com/googlepubsu...irectedspyware