Re: XP startup

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From: Gary Tsang (garyDELETE_at_MEaumha.org)
Date: 05/07/04


Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 23:54:38 -0400

Hi,

It sounds like you've been hit with some malware/spyware on your computer
and it has hijacked your Internet Explorer and added unwanted items on your
computer.

Visit this website: Finding, Removing & Protecting Yourself From Scumware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php

-- 
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
"carl" <carl@thecolemans.ca> wrote in message 
news:99ba01c433cf$70617ae0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>I have XP professional on my wife's computer.  When she
> starts up IE, I reset the default home page to
> www.google.ca.  If I close IE and restart it, Google
> still comes up.  If I shutdown XP and restart it and then
> start up IE again, http://madvector.com/web/index.html
> will always show up.  I have "reset to windows
> defaults."  I have also edited the registry with regedit
> and regedt32 and changed all of the madvector settings on
> a search to google URL.  This doesn't help.  I have
> looked for a startup file that is possibly running and
> can find none.  Please respond to email if possible.
> Thanks
> 


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