IE6 startup

[John Spivey]

I have my browser default page set to "blank". After opening IE
several times the default changes to "NineMSN". Is this caused by some
sort of virus? I have used various spyware & Adwarwe programs but the
problem persists. I know it is not a serious problem but I find it
very annoying.

Regards - John Spivey
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John Spivey (e-mail address removed)
PO Box 417 mobile 0412 077192
Nowra, NSW 2541, Australia fax +61 44 232121

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Have you tried all the following programs:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Try SpyWareBlaster to stop intrusions:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Also see the following links:

http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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| I have my browser default page set to "blank". After opening IE
| several times the default changes to "NineMSN". Is this caused by some
| sort of virus? I have used various spyware & Adwarwe programs but the
| problem persists. I know it is not a serious problem but I find it
| very annoying.
|
| Regards - John Spivey
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| John Spivey
(e-mail address removed)
| PO Box 417 mobile 0412
077192
| Nowra, NSW 2541, Australia fax +61 44 232121
|

 

[John Spivey]

Thanks Will,

I have used AdAware, SpyBot. I'll try the others that you suggest.
Perhaps the latest Windows update will fix the problem?

Regards - John

Hi

Have you tried all the following programs:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Try SpyWareBlaster to stop intrusions:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Also see the following links:

http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp

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John Spivey (e-mail address removed)
PO Box 417 mobile 04 1207 7192
Nowra, NSW 2541, Australia

 

[Colin Cogle]

Hi

Have you tried all the following programs:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Try SpyWareBlaster to stop intrusions:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Also see the following links:

http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp

Your browser's been hijacked. Spybot can find this Browser Helper
Object (I'm guessing it's a BHO) that's causing it. Check the BHO page
and disable anything that doesn't look normal.