Favorites appear after restart even after I delete them

[AJ]

I am not sure how some favorites got on my Internet
Explorer Favorites list - However when delete them they
go away only to return after I reboot or restart my
computer.

I am on IE version 6 running on windows 2000. I would
appreciate if you could tell me how to get rid of them
permanently.

Thanks
AJ

 

[Guest]

I'm not an expert, but I suspect you have spyware/adware
running on your machine which is automatically putting
these things back in the favorites list.

PC world recommends a couple of good utilities for
cleaning you machine and I use both:
http://www.lavasoft.de/ and http://www.safer-
networking.org/

HTH

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I am not sure how some favorites got on my Internet
Explorer Favorites list - However when delete them they
go away only to return after I reboot or restart my
computer.

I am on IE version 6 running on windows 2000. I would
appreciate if you could tell me how to get rid of them
permanently.

Thanks
AJ

First 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.
**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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