Expolorer starting by it's self

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Mike

I am having a problem with Explorer starting up by it's
self. I have a dsl so it's on all the time. I must have
downloaded something that starts explorer, and the site
it goes are all XXX sites and I have a child that I do
not want to see. I hope someone can help me find what is
doing this.

Thanks in advance
 
Mike said:
I am having a problem with Explorer starting up by it's
self. I have a dsl so it's on all the time. I must have
downloaded something that starts explorer, and the site
it goes are all XXX sites and I have a child that I do
not want to see. I hope someone can help me find what is
doing this.

Thanks in advance
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Open the Internet Options applet in Control Panel
Uncheck "Enable third-party browser extensions" on the Advanced tab.
You may also have to set the Home Page to about:blank

Then eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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