Home page issues

[jmellett]

I am hyaving the same problem almost. Everytime I restart
or power up my computer my home page changes to
hppt://www.searchby.net. I reset my home page thru tools,
option or thru control panel and my home page will stay
until I shut down or have to do a restart. Searchby also
leaves a "data miner" on my system which either Spybot or
Ad-aware have found. So now on restart I have to change
the home page to where I want it and run Spybot to get rid
of the spyware that searchby leaves behind (if I have gone
on line before resetting). I use Zone Alarm Pro as a fire
wall and it appears that the firewall is of no value in
this particular case. This has been going for over 2
months now and I just can't find a fix for the problem.
Anyone got any good ideas or patchs to fix this GD
problem.????

 

[Kevin]

Download and use HiJack This! it will help your situation.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I am hyaving the same problem almost. Everytime I restart
or power up my computer my home page changes to
hppt://www.searchby.net. I reset my home page thru tools,
option or thru control panel and my home page will stay
until I shut down or have to do a restart. Searchby also
leaves a "data miner" on my system which either Spybot or
Ad-aware have found. So now on restart I have to change
the home page to where I want it and run Spybot to get rid
of the spyware that searchby leaves behind (if I have gone
on line before resetting). I use Zone Alarm Pro as a fire
wall and it appears that the firewall is of no value in
this particular case. This has been going for over 2
months now and I just can't find a fix for the problem.
Anyone got any good ideas or patchs to fix this GD
problem.????

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 need to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.

If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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