"Zesty Find" search engine makes itself homepage and cannot change

[Brian Yates]

I cannot change the homepage setting back to
the "my.yahoo.com" page that I have used for years.
Setting tools, options, homepage, etc., fails after
reboot, and either "Zesty Find" (zestyfind or zesty.find)
or "Almighty Search" page is homepage.

A search of the internet found an apparent "fix," and
apology from Zesty Find for problem, but download of the
fix appears to have installed a Trojan (sleep.exe) that
my virus protection software quarantined.

Removal of the fix program from my download folder, and
of the quarantined Trojan, still did not fix the original
problem of the homepage being changed in a way that I
cannot change back!

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

- Brian

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I cannot change the homepage setting back to
the "my.yahoo.com" page that I have used for years.
Setting tools, options, homepage, etc., fails after
reboot, and either "Zesty Find" (zestyfind or zesty.find)
or "Almighty Search" page is homepage.

A search of the internet found an apparent "fix," and
apology from Zesty Find for problem, but download of the
fix appears to have installed a Trojan (sleep.exe) that
my virus protection software quarantined.

Removal of the fix program from my download folder, and
of the quarantined Trojan, still did not fix the original
problem of the homepage being changed in a way that I
cannot change back!

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

- Brian

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

 

[H Leboeuf]

From this paraiste.
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http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=9118