My homepage URL in IE has been hijack

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Guest

Dear Sir,

My husband use my computer to browse the internet and somehow a program has been automatically installed in my computer. I can see that program in system tray but i can't find it in Add/Remove program and can't remove it. That program will change my hompage URL in IE to a "Sex" web site, i tried to change the homepage URL in IE but everytime i reboot my machine my homepage URL will changed to that "Sex" web site again.

It seems that some program will change my hompage URL everytime i reboot my machine. How can i find that program and remove it??

Thanks a lot
 
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Phil

Good advice, but third party software isn't needed to prevent spyware. The
best way is to learn correct, safe, and secure computing and surfing habits.
I use no third party spyware prevention programs on my personal computers or
the 17 computer LAN I manage and never, and I mean never, get any spyware,
adware, or viruses. For those that don't want to learn, then the programs
you mention will help them, but knowledge is generally the best defense
against spyware and such. As I always say: the computer is a tool, not a
toy, learn to use your tools safely and correctly.
 
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Phil

Blind faith? What the heck are you talking about. You either learn to use
the tool correctly or you don't, it's that simple. Has nothing to do with
faith. You learned how to drive your car correctly, why can't you learn to
use the computer correctly. And I never said proptection isn't a good thing,
in fact I said you gave good advice. But people "in the real world" would
then depend on that program to protect them no matter what thinking their
protected from all that's bad on the net and that is dangerous. That would
be blind faith. Trusting a program to secure your computer 100% and not
knowing anything about security, that dangerous. What if the program crashes
or spyware disables it?(like many viruses disable av protection) That's
where knowledge would help you. Knowledge in the world of security would
close any holes the protection program would give you. People should not
rely on a program alone to protect them. That would be blind faith. They
must learn how to secure their computers manually. That's the point I'm
making. And in your example you make my point even more. You learned to step
on the brakes when you get in your car to test them. That is safety
knowledge that has taught you that, not some program. How you get you can
drive a car without brakes out of what I said makes no sense to me. I never
said don't use third party protection, I just said knowledge is the best
weapon. If you put your hand under your lawn mower while its running and you
get your hand cut off are you gonna say, why didn't the guard protect me? Of
course not, you'll say dam I should have know better. If I had the correct
knowledge then I'd still have my hand. Nothing is fool proof, but computer
users need to learn to use their brains. And we got out of the stone age
because we learned to use our tools correctly, safely, and efficiently.
I still stand by my rate of never a virus in 18 years and no spyware/adware
since xp cam out. All this with only avg running, no other protection
programs. If I can do it, then anyone can(if they want to).
 
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Ken Blake, MVP

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Phil said:
But people
"in the real world" would then depend on that program to protect them
no matter what thinking their protected from all that's bad on the
net and that is dangerous. That would be blind faith. Trusting a
program to secure your computer 100% and not knowing anything about
security, that dangerous. What if the program crashes or spyware
disables it?(like many viruses disable av protection) That's where
knowledge would help you. Knowledge in the world of security would
close any holes the protection program would give you. People should
not rely on a program alone to protect them. That would be blind
faith. They must learn how to secure their computers manually.
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I agree with everything you say in principle. But in the real
world, the great majority of computer users are not going to
acquire the level of knowledge you would like them to have. Yes,
they *shouldn't* rely on a program alone to protect them. But
most people have no other choice. Whether they don't have the
ability, the time, or the interest to acquire the necessary
knowledge doesn't matter. It's simply not going to happen.

Most people are going to have to rely on software--antivirus,
antispyware, firewall, etc.--to provide protection because, for
them, there is no practical alternative.
 
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Phil

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I agree with everything you say in principle. But in the real
world, the great majority of computer users are not going to
acquire the level of knowledge you would like them to have. Yes,
they *shouldn't* rely on a program alone to protect them. But
most people have no other choice. Whether they don't have the
ability, the time, or the interest to acquire the necessary
knowledge doesn't matter. It's simply not going to happen.
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Ya unfortunately you're probably right. Although it's still hard for me to
understand how people can spend so much on a computer only to let it "break
down" all the time cause they don't know how to maintain or secure it. But I
guess if they learned I'd be out of business. ;o)
 
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Ken Blake, MVP

In
Phil said:
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

Ya unfortunately you're probably right. Although it's still hard for
me to understand how people can spend so much on a computer only to
let it "break down" all the time cause they don't know how to
maintain or secure it.
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It's not just computers. It's almost anything of a technical (or
even semi-technical) nature. How many of us properly maintain our
cars (which cost even more than computers) all the time? I know I
don't, because I don't know much about it. And the reason I don't
know much about it is that I'm really not interested.
 
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Phil

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It's not just computers. It's almost anything of a technical (or
even semi-technical) nature. How many of us properly maintain our
cars (which cost even more than computers) all the time? I know I
don't, because I don't know much about it. And the reason I don't
know much about it is that I'm really not interested.
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Ya I understand what you're saying and in general its true. I guess maybe
I'm different from most. If its an important tool that I use everyday, I
make sure to learn the ins and outs of it. Just the way I am I guess. And
for the record, I maintain my cars properly. My '87 mustang requires that I
know how to keep it running right because it's built and requires me to know
what I'm doing or pay someone else a fortune to fix it. I didn't intend on
becoming a gear head when I bought it, I just wanted to drive it, but
eventually I did learn just to save on repair money. My toyota runs no
matter what(gotta love those imports), but I do maintain it with regular oil
changes and such. I guess I'm an exception to the general public. For me,
it's really not whether I'm interested in it or not, it's more about what I
think is smart or not. When I needed a new roof on my house, I researched
it, learned how it was done, and did it myself. Not because it interested
me, but because I could save a ton of money. Same with the car repairs. Sure
some things interest me and I learned them because of that interest, like
computers and bass guitar, but I learned other things I wasn't interested in
because I believed it was a smart thing to do. But anyway, I do understand
what your saying.
 

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