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[Guest]

Okay, my home page is normaly set at yahoo so that when i open my browser
yahoo is the first page. well for the last two days no matter how many times
i go to internet options and change the home page back to yahoo it always
reverts back to the site http://mypoiskovik.com/index.htm !! why does it
keep doing this. I have norton internet security 2003 and it detected 3
viruses that it then deleted from the system, i have checked again twice
after that and no viruses are detected so my computer should be clean, except
for this website keeps puting itself as my home page...someone smart please
help.

 

[limeybiker]

You have spyware.

go to http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

download the free program and run it.

Barry

 

[Ron Martell]

Okay, my home page is normaly set at yahoo so that when i open my browser
yahoo is the first page. well for the last two days no matter how many times
i go to internet options and change the home page back to yahoo it always
reverts back to the site http://mypoiskovik.com/index.htm !! why does it
keep doing this. I have norton internet security 2003 and it detected 3
viruses that it then deleted from the system, i have checked again twice
after that and no viruses are detected so my computer should be clean, except
for this website keeps puting itself as my home page...someone smart please
help.

You have a "home page hijacker" installed, probably as part of an
advertising spyware item.

See MVP Jim Eshelman's Spyware Quick Fix page at
http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm and follow the instructions there
to clean up your machine and to protect it from further infrestations.



Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Michael Stevens]

Okay, my home page is normaly set at yahoo so that when i open my
browser yahoo is the first page. well for the last two days no
matter how many times i go to internet options and change the home
page back to yahoo it always reverts back to the site
http://mypoiskovik.com/index.htm !! why does it keep doing this. I
have norton internet security 2003 and it detected 3 viruses that it
then deleted from the system, i have checked again twice after that
and no viruses are detected so my computer should be clean, except
for this website keeps puting itself as my home page...someone smart
please help.

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
My browser has been hijacked
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#hijacked
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