Over-riding of home page in IE 6

[Dave J.]

Every time I launch IE 6 on my XP box, it defaults to a
home page that I do not want, over-riding my selected
default home page.

How can I get this stopped?

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Every time I launch IE 6 on my XP box, it defaults to a
home page that I do not want, over-riding my selected
default home page.

How can I get this stopped?
.
It sounds like a hijack/sypware/scumware try these forums

http://forums.techguy.org/
http://www.techsupportforums.com/

 

[Chgomickey]

-----Original Message-----
Every time I launch IE 6 on my XP box, it defaults to a
home page that I do not want, over-riding my selected
default home page.

How can I get this stopped?
.
I have Netscape.com as my home page.

Go to CONTROL PANEL
Select INTERNET OPTIONS
Under HOME PAGE----What do you have?
I have http:Netscape.com, this takes me directly to my
Netscape Browser Star Page.

Type the address you want.
THEN DO NOT CLICK ON: USE DEFAULT. OR USE BLANK.
After you type in your desired address, click ENTER.
NOW TO GO BOTTOM OF PAGE AND CLICK ON APPLY.]
THIS SHOULD DO IT.

 

[Robert Blackwell]

Yeah but if the "use default or use blank" doesn't work...ie, something is
overriding/hi-jacking it. You should visit those site and download adaware
or spybot search and destroy and remove any spyware.

 

[Don Varnau]

Dave,
See: Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Don