Brian said:
How can I get the homepage to stop changing back to
about;blank. I changed the homepage back to what I want,
and also change the registry to remove any reference to
about;blank, but everytime I start Internet Explorer back
up, that's my home page again.
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This is probably due to a spyware program
but could also possibly be a virus.
Note:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827315
I suggest you do this:
First boot to Safe Mode:
Note:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315222&Product=winxp
Control Panel | Internet Options | General tab
Delete all cookies
Delete all temporary internet files
(include all offline content)
Remove all Downloaded Program Files
To do that, you click on that "settings"
button and then click on the "View Objects"
button and then right click and choose remove
for all of them, if any, one at a time.
Some of them may not remove. Don't worry about that.
Close the Downloaded Program Files window,
Click OK to the Settings window.
Now clear History
Now click on the "Advanced" tab at the top
of Internet Options.
In the Browsing section, uncheck the box for
"Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)"
Click "Apply" and then "OK" at the bottom
of Internet Options
Close out of Control Panel
Rename C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts to oldhosts
Restart the computer to Normal Mode:
Download one or both of these Anti Spyware programs
and install them, update them and scan your system
and delete any spywares that may be found. If you have a
working Anti Virus program, then update it and scan with it,
otherwise use one of these free online virus scanners:
Anti Spyware -
Ad-aware 6.0 build 181
http://www.lavasoft.de/ms/index.htm
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.2
http://www.safer-networking.org/microsoft.en.html
Online Anti Virus Scanners -
Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
TrendMicro Houscall Anti Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
HTH
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