Re: IE start page:(spyware/adware)

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From: Thorsten Matzner (tmatzner_at_gmx.net)
Date: 08/08/04


Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 19:53:29 +0200

Ida <jacqueceida@aol.com> wrote:

> I have tried countless times to change my start page for internet explorer.
>this search page (strartpage.info) continues to return. I have tried to
>remove it with AOL spyware, spybot, spyblaster and Mc Afee virus soft ware,
>in each instant it has not moved.

Try this: "Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly, or You Cannot
Change Your Home Page Setting"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320159). You can also use Hijack
This! (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html) to solve
such problems.

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(tm)


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