Re: weird page loads

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From: H Leboeuf (NoAddress_at_generation.invalid)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:11:56 -0500

Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.

Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

and:

SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/

p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.

More: This may be caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware,
parasite).
Get AdAware and SpyBot and run them both. Keep them up to date.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Also, try this removal tool.

CoolWebSearch - CWS http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/
More: Complete list by variant with up-to-date information.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
More: Removal tool: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
More: Removal tool:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.bootconf.html 

-- 
Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm
"kalmatt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:138f701c412b7$fea41da0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> when I click on the "e" to sign on to the internet - my
> modem does it's thing and one of the following things
> happens most (not all) of the time:
>
> 1) my home page loads??? but what I see is a blank white
> page with the following in the upper left hand corner of
> the screen (under the toolbars) "M'/here" (without
> quotes).  The address bar says "http://wwww.my.msn.com/"
>
> I can get to my home page by going into my Favorites,
> going to MSN.com and clicking on "my MSN"
>
> or
>
> 2) The sign in page loads, I sign in and I get the white
> page with the weird "M" thing.
>
>
> I can get to my home page by doing what I describe above.
>
> What in the heck is the M'/here thing?
>
> I have downloaded all kinds of adware and spyware
> software and used it and I still get this weird home page.
>
> Really confused!
>

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