Unwanted Favorites keep coming back

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everytime i turn on my computer, 6 or 7 porn sites show up in my favorites folder. I delete them, but when the computer is shut off and turned on again, they come back. Any suggestions? Thanks

 

[Mike Burgess]

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everytime i turn on my computer, 6 or 7 porn sites show up in my favorites

folder. I delete them, but when the computer is shut off and turned on
again, they come back. Any suggestions? Thanks

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

everytime i turn on my computer, 6 or 7 porn sites show up in my
favorites folder. I delete them, but when the computer is shut off
and turned on again, they come back. Any suggestions? Thanks

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

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 trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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