DavidM
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 posted on 3/7/04 at 04:10 PM |
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about:blank
Hmmm,
For some reason, when I open IE6 it will no longer go to my home page. Instead it goes to one of those search type pages and in the address bar
displays about:blank. In the Internet options the box for setting the home page now has 3 buttons. Use Current, which is deactivated, use default and
use blank. Whatever is typed in as home page address is overwritten as soon as IE6 is opened and reverts to about:blank.
Tried Norton Antivirus and Ad-aware6.0 but neither got rid of it.
Can't find any indication of a path or addres for it so don't know where to go to get rid of it.
Any ideas?
I'm also getting a lot of pop ups for spyware/adware downloads. I suppose that may be connected.
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 3/7/04 at 06:33 PM |
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probably has been caused by spyware...
from the tools menu in IE go to internet options, check your homepage settings..
HTH
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Hellfire
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| posted on 3/7/04 at 07:10 PM |
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Dave - u need hijackthis - which is available from our site. Go to other bits and generally look around IIRC it's at the bottom of one of the
pages.
Click ME
[Edited on 3-7-04 by Hellfire]
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/7/04 at 07:19 PM |
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Is your adaware up to date and set to scan registry as well as files. It sounds like you have a malware problem.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 4/7/04 at 02:46 PM |
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These days Homepage hijackers can be quite complex to track down.
Start by clearing out the cookies, then run adaware then hijack this ---make sure you get the real hijackthis freeware gpl not a shareware progam
with a very simlar name this link should find it
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.htmlhttp://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html
If the hijack comes back after a reboot down load "start up editor" some times called "startup" and see what is starting
when windows fires up.
Good websites for more info
http://www.computercops.biz/
http://www.spychecker.com /
After that usual advice to ditch using Micro$ software for mail and browsing --- try Mozilla
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DavidM
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| posted on 4/7/04 at 09:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Is your adaware up to date and set to scan registry as well as files. It sounds like you have a malware problem.
Yes, is up to date and scans registry. Finds loads of stuff as usual but doesn't get rid of this. I think it is something to do with Spy killer
software. One of the pop ups is for "a malicious blah blah blah has been detected on your computer". Spy killer appears to find things
that ad-aware doesn't, but to get rid you have to have your credit card ready.
I'll try the other suggestions and let you know how I get on.
Thanks everyone.
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