IE7 keeps resetting homepage

[Guest]

hi,

i bought my new computer in january with the latest XP Media edition on it.
its worked just fine and i have all the latest updates.

however i used stupid firefox and its latest update disabled java which in
turn stopped IE7 working.

One of things I did was reset all the settings: Tools>Internet
options>Advanced and I clicked both 'Reset' and 'Restore Advanced Settings'.
Neither made a difference.

I have now managed to get latest Java for Windows back, and IE7 is now
working but now IE7 insists on its homepage being
http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&clcid=0x809&pver=6.0&ar=home
which keeps redirecting me to www.msn.com

its getting really annoying, i change it to www.yahoo.co.uk and i press the
homepage button and amazingly it goes back to www.msn.com

i'm pretty sure its an IE problem and not a virus caused problem

 

[Jon Kennedy]

Users of IE7 are asked to post their comments to
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general newsgroup.

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

This has been a FAQ on this newsgroup. See this site for possible help and
more information:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/41.html

You may also want to check out StartPage Guard -
http://pjwalczak.com/spguard/index.php
StartPage Guard protects your PC from cyberscam, by monitoring status of
your internet browser StartPage and preventing it from any unauthorized
changes.

And to keep from having to manually edit the registry to unlock your
homepage settings, try this little script by Doug Knox, MS MVP:
http://www.dougknox.com/security/scripts_desc/nosethomepage.htm

More information here: http://www.cexx.org/hphijack.htm