Home page sets to "searchv"

[John]

Hi all:

Whenever i launch internet explorer, my homepage comes up
as "searchv.com"...
I can change my homepage to whatever i want in "Tools",
etc....but whenever i shut down & reboot the
system, "searchv.com" comes back...
it seems to be writing a script in my internet startup or
somewhere
it resets only when i reboot
i can change my homepage to "yahoo" or whatever, i can
close out of internet explorer & then go back into it
& "Yahoo" will still be my homepage
BUT if i reboot, it goes back to "searchv.com"

Anyone know how to figure out what's going on here?

Thanks.

John.

 

[wayne]

download adaware do a search and also update you av software. You have a
home page hijacker on your system. they can be tough to get rid of!

Wayne

 

[siljaline]

Hi all:

Whenever i launch internet explorer, my homepage comes up
as "searchv.com"...
I can change my homepage to whatever i want in "Tools",
etc....but whenever i shut down & reboot the
system, "searchv.com" comes back...
it seems to be writing a script in my internet startup or
somewhere
it resets only when i reboot
i can change my homepage to "yahoo" or whatever, i can
close out of internet explorer & then go back into it
& "Yahoo" will still be my homepage
BUT if i reboot, it goes back to "searchv.com"

Anyone know how to figure out what's going on here?

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=13977

HTH


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siljaline

MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
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[Dan]

I've had the sam problems and haven't found a free blocker
yet. I thought critical updates from Microsoft would have
solved this problem. I personally downloaded AdAware
and "HiJackThis" to remove the predators.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det