Setting of Home Page

[Les]

The "USE CURRENT" and "USE BLANK" tabs under
TOOLS\INTERNET OPTIONS keep getting reset
to "about:blank". The "about:blank" links to a webpage
that I do not care to have accessed. I have reset the
homepage via the internet option and via the registry
settings. Yet, after I change it and the internet
explorer browser is accessed once, the "USE CURRENT"
and "USE BLANK" are switched back to the "about:blank"
link. I have Norton Utilities 3.0.9 installed, which
includes a anti-virus program. However, it states that
there are no viruses and I also checked for updates to the
anti-virus program. Any ideas of where this problem is
coming from. I even went as far as deleting the
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer directory and using
another browser to download and install Internet Explorer
6 Service Pack 1 again. This did not work. HELP!!

 

[oops!!]

Try this registry fix:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/RepairTabs.reg
1) Restores the missing Tabs in IE (usually spyware related)
2) Unlocks the grayed-out Home Page section
3) Removes the Administrator message in Internet Options

You should also install and run Cool Web Shredder:

http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip
http://radiosplace.com/
http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html

Zee

 

[H Leboeuf]

This parasite will do just that. Get the removal tool.

CoolWebSearch - CWS http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/
More: Complete list by variant with up-to-date information.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
More: Removal tool: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip