help! my home page keep changing
From: Upnrunning (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/16/04
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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:01:20 -0800
>-----Original Message-----
>everytime i open ie, my home page is some search engine,
>and teh page address is something like this:
>res://mshp.dll/index.html#37049, or the find4u.net...
>something has gotten into my computer...obviously, but
>how do i get rid of it? i have installed mcafee virus
>scan and firewall, but that hasnot helped
>
>it is so bad now that i can not type in an address like
>this www.yahoo.com and get there, i have to type in
>http://www.yahoo.com
>
>please help!!!
>.
>You've got scumware on your computer. There are programs
that advertisers use to track customers -adware- or to
steal information - spyware. The problem you're talking
about, with the home page getting changed, is called
browser hijacking.
I use two programs to deal with scumware: Ad-Aware by
Lavasoft, and SpyBot Search and Destroy. I use both
programs. Ad-Aware seems to find a few more problems than
Spybot. Both of these programs are freeware; just put the
company name in a Google search for the exact URL.
You need to keep the programs updated and run them regularly.
For additional information, you can run a search on Adware,
Spyware, Scumware, and computer parasites. Doxdesk
(and.doxdesk.com? .org?) can run an online scan (free).
Good luck!
Upnrunning
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