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[Dick]

Hi
I have a problem wit Hot-search page popping up on and
replacing my home page.
How do I get rid of this problem (the hot-search pop up)
as its very annoying?
Please help!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Scott M.]

Get a Spyware removal tool, you home page has been hijacked.

Spybot's Search & Destroy by LavaWare is considered one of the best.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Dick;

First.
Right click the IE icon | Properties | Advanced tab |
Make sure both of these are NOT checked.

 Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)
[[Specifies to automatically download and install Internet Explorer
components if a Web page needs them in order to display the page properly or
perform a particular task.]]
 Enable Install On Demand (Other)
[[Specifies to automatically download and install Web components if a Web
page needs them in order to display the page properly or perform a
particular task.]]

Apply | OK
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Second.
It is known as Scumware. Visit these sites. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are really good.
Download, install, run, update and run again; one or all. They are all
good, FREE utilities.
The first site gives some recommendations.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=all#s-p

1) Spybot S & D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download

2) SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever
being installed.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

3) HijackThis (some other stuff that may be of interest also)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html

4) CWShredder direct download:
http://216.180.233.163/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

4½) CWShredder
http://majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

5)Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner v1.13
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html?source=appvisit

6) AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/

 

[Melissa]

Hi
I have a problem wit Hot-search page popping up on and
replacing my home page.
How do I get rid of this problem (the hot-search pop up)
as its very annoying?
Please help!!!!!!!!!!

You need the following:

A good firewall like Zone Alarm or the built in XP firewall

A good Anti-Virus scanner

Ad-Aware 6.0 - for removing spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

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

CWShredder - gets rid of page hijackers
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

Google Toolbar - for blocking popups

http://toolbar.google.com/

Before running these, do the following:

Delete temp internet files and history.

 

[Plato]

I have a problem wit Hot-search page popping up on and
replacing my home page.

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop10.htm#12