Opening new URL

[Dan Merchant]

Whenever I try to open a new URL using the file open
button, I always get:
http://vrape.hardloved.com/top/search.php?
id=2&s=www.nfl.com

Looks like some porn site has "captured" my computer
somehow. How do I reset this?

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

Troubleshooting advice here:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot

 

[Russel Spencer]

Clean out you cookies and reset your home page to what
you want. You can go to "Tools" then click on "Internet
Options" Now the "Ineternet Options" window will pop up.
Click on the "General" tab. You will have 3 sections
under the "General" tab. These are "Home
Page", "Temporary Internet Files" and "History". In
the "Home Page" section you will have a place to type in
you home page address. Replace the address that's in
there currently and type in the one you want as your home
page. You can also click on "Use Blank" to startup
Internet Explorer as a blank screen. No under
the "Temporary Internet Files" click on "Delete Cookies"
and then click "OK". Now click "Delete Files", check the
box for "Delete all offline content" and click "OK".
This will delete all cookies (files websites use to get
info about you) and it will also delete and cached web
sites that are on your system. Now click "OK" on the
bottom of the "Internet Options" window. Now close all
the open Internet Explorer windows and restart Internet
Explorer. If you still get the porn site as your home
page then you might have a modified shortcut for Internet
Explorer. Right click on your shortcut and make sure
that under the "Shortcut" tab the "Target" is set
to "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
There should be NOTHING else there. I am assuming that
you used default windows installation settings for the
drive path. Good luck