pop ups and home page changing

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each time I go onto the internet I get a pop up "spot on"
search page coming up. Also whenever I turn off my
computer and reboot my IE startpage has changed. How do
I fix this?
 
sam said:
each time I go onto the internet I get a pop up "spot on"
search page coming up. Also whenever I turn off my
computer and reboot my IE startpage has changed. How do
I fix this?
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First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
especially
How to remove Coolwebsearch and affiliates
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

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I have been having the same problem with Isearch coming
up. I tried accessing some of the sites you recommend and
Isearch activates with page not found. Isearch is now on
my IE toolbar and I can no longer adjust my toolbar
settings. Any suggestions?
 
Earle said:
I have been having the same problem with Isearch coming
up. I tried accessing some of the sites you recommend and
Isearch activates with page not found. Isearch is now on
my IE toolbar and I can no longer adjust my toolbar
settings. Any suggestions?
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Delete the Hosts file and then try again.

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http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
 
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