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[Judy]

Aaargh! I'm having trouble permanently deleting unwanted
offensive sites from my browser "Favorites" that another
user put on there. I took earlier advice & ran a
spyware/adware program and wiped them out. But, again,
they're back on my Favorites. How can I permanently get
rid of them? No one uses this computer but myself any
longer. They just keep popping back up. HELP!!!! Please!
Thanks!

 

[J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT]]

If you remove them and then reboot in Safe Mode do they come back? I'm just
wondering if there's something loading on boot that's putting these back.
Running MSCONFIG is a good way to see what's loading when the system starts.
Are you a member of a domain where profiles may be in place? You can also
try deleting them directly from the C:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\Favorites folder to see if that works any better
(assuming that Windows XP is installed to your C: drive).

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[Melissa]

Aaargh! I'm having trouble permanently deleting unwanted
offensive sites from my browser "Favorites" that another
user put on there. I took earlier advice & ran a
spyware/adware program and wiped them out. But, again,
they're back on my Favorites. How can I permanently get
rid of them? No one uses this computer but myself any
longer. They just keep popping back up. HELP!!!! Please!
Thanks!

You need the following:
A good firewall like Zone Alarm or use built-in firewall in XP.


A good anti-virus scanner.


Ad-Aware 6.0
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Spybot Search & Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Make sure you use the update function in each before running.


CWShredder - for page hijacks
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

Google Toolbar - to block popups
http://toolbar.google.com/

Before running these, delete temporary internet files and internet history.