Yahoo

[Ron W.]

I keep setting Yahoo as my homepage. About every day or
so when I get on the internet it has changed to "Global
Finder". I go to tools and internet options and change
back to Yahoo and apply. In a day or two Global Finder
is back. Am I doing something wrong? Can you help?
Thanks

 

[Brent]

Where are you surfing? This may be something that is being
changed when you visit particular sites. If there is a site
that you consistently visit then try avoiding that for a
while and see if the results vary.

Also, there is a program called Adaware that is great for
finding things internally on your system that may cause
something like this. Try downloading the trial and run a
scan on your system.

Brent

 

[Guy]

Your system has been hijacked by spyware. You'll need to
download spyware softare to get rid of the issue. There
is a free download on the net (Spybot).

 

[siljaline]

I keep setting Yahoo as my homepage. About every day or
so when I get on the internet it has changed to "Global
Finder". I go to tools and internet options and change
back to Yahoo and apply. In a day or two Global Finder
is back. Am I doing something wrong? Can you help?
Thanks

Cool Web Search Spyware Hijacker!
Info: http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/
Removal tool: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
Unzip, hit the executable, follow the prompts.

HTH

--

siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_