startup - explorer

[Guest]

When i start up the computer - internet exploreer automatically pops up with
a website called http://blasphemy.killercarrot.co.uk. How can i stop this
happening - i have put it into the restricted sites - but still it
automatically pops up - the site does not open.
thanks - karen

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try the following programs to check for any spyware that might be on your
system:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/

Try SpyWareBlaster to stop intrusions:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Also see the following links:

http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp