Portal Search

[Chuck]

I have picked up a "portal search engine" that has
attached itselfto my internet explorer. It continually
appears on my desktop and changes my home page to itself
periodically. How do I rid myself of this menace; and
protect myself from this again. I run Mcafee.

 

[purplehaz]

Sounds like spyware or a home page hijacker.

Run these tools:
spybot -- http://www.safer-networking.org/
ad-aware -- http://www.lavasoftusa.com/