default page changes unwantingly

[rob]

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

 

[you have hijacker]

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.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

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_edits/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.

--
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http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Penna Elabi]

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/googlepubsupgenfaq/#redirectedspyware