Homepage Hijack

[Sam Goddard]

Can anybody tell me how programs can hijack my homepage?

My default homepage is not the one that I want to use. It is allegedly for a
spyware company that I have no knowledge of or interest in. However, I can't
change my homepage. The default setting is to this site. I have tried to
change one or two registry entries to resolve this but whenever I restart
IE, the problem recurrs. CVan anybody tell me why this is so and give me a
way or a utility to remove it with?

Thanks

Sam

 

[Dianne]

Go to http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download and download
and install Spybot Search & Destroy 1.2. It's free and it worked for me!

 

[siljaline]

Can anybody tell me how programs can hijack my homepage?

My default homepage is not the one that I want to use. It is allegedly for a
spyware company that I have no knowledge of or interest in. However, I can't
change my homepage. The default setting is to this site. I have tried to
change one or two registry entries to resolve this but whenever I restart
IE, the problem recurrs. CVan anybody tell me why this is so and give me a
way or a utility to remove it with?

Thanks

Sam

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm


HTH


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siljaline

MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
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is invalid - that we may all benefit)

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Homepage changes unexpectedly:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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Prevent Spyware from being installed:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware Defence.htm
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Can anybody tell me how programs can hijack my homepage?

My default homepage is not the one that I want to use. It is allegedly for a
spyware company that I have no knowledge of or interest in. However, I can't
change my homepage. The default setting is to this site. I have tried to
change one or two registry entries to resolve this but whenever I restart
IE, the problem recurrs. CVan anybody tell me why this is so and give me a
way or a utility to remove it with?

Thanks

Sam