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by koko122333

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evry boot the home page is changibg (to the same one). in regedit i am modifying the - home page searchassist - serchurl - SearchPage - Search Bar - default value - customizesearch
of the HKEY current user and local machine
to the old values but on the next boot it change again.
i have backup of my hd from last month so i backedup the System Data using backup tools of this hd and restore it on the other hd (the one that keep changing the home page)
but still the same. I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR HELP(i am gona crazy with one) Thanks

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by jimmy

Firstly, two things i would recommend

1 -It could be you have a piece of Spy/Adware attaching itself to your PC's files.
Download Adware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Or from downloads.com
Run ADware and delete any SPyware

2 - Download the latest patches and Drivers for your PC from Microsoft.

by tabcomputers2002

You have a case of Spy-ware. Get yourself a copy of: Ad-Adware (www.lavasoft.de) and/or Spy-bot Search and Destroy (www.download.com). Update and run. That should clean your system. You can then change your homepage to your default and it should stay.

I run each program as a backup to the other. Just make sure to keep them up-to-date.

by jschein

Do answer 2 as both adaware and spyboy s&d both find things the other doesn't...

With that in mind, you are using windows XP. Before you run those programs, you must DISABLE YOUR SYSTEM RESTORE.

Failing to do so will only put the same malicious junk back on your pc when you reboot. Disable it. Run both of those programs (1 at a time), reboot, turn system restore back on.

by carlo_romero

if the spyware removers doesnt help,

internet options-> general -> settings -> view objects.

remove ALL the contents. these will be redownloaded in case you will need them. also, have a good antivirus. scan your pc.

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