Re: Unwanted Favorites and Home Pages

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From: Don Varnau (don_04[at]varnau[dot]org)
Date: 05/22/04 

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 14:48:30 -0500

Work through the solutions (CWShredder, Ad-aware, Spybot) at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Also note the security tips on that
page.

Additional information at:
The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

Don 

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MVP IE/OE
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<anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:109e901c44032$d82d81e0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I have a problem with certain websites adding themselves
> to my favorites list. When I delete them, they are back,
> the next time I log on.
>     Also, I cannot keep my home page to stay where I set
> it.  If I change it, under internet options, it just goes
> back to some "off the wall" search engine site, the next
> time I use the internet explorer.
>     Can someone please help me,. This is getting very
> annoying to me.
>
>                                 Thank You

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