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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 04/22/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:53:13 -0700

I had a similar problem a few days ago. I had a homepage
hijacker called CoolWebSearch. My McAfee antivirus and
antispyware couldn't touch it. I found help and a
solution at amazingtechs.com. click on forums, then
antispyware, and post a message there. There is no
charge and these folks are honest and extremely helpful.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>We cannot change our homepage back to its default. My
15
>year downloaded games on the computer 2 weeks ago. Now
>everytime we open up IE....the homepage is set to
>about:blank which has sexual explicit contents. I have
>tired over and over to reset the homepage but it doesn't
>work. I have deleted all cookies and temporary files
>associated with date my son was on the computer...but
>nothing works.
>
>Please help. I have also ran the virus scan and see no
>virus. I believe that spyware or something is the
culprit.
>.
>

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