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IE Homepage resets - Why?

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by flyfshmn 2 views

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Every time I restart or reboot my pc (Dell GX200, PIII 866, 128, W98se), my default home page on IE 5.5 resets itself to some odd page as default. I can easily change this in the tools dropdown and hit apply, yet it it seems to be only temp. I try not to shutdown my pc, but it happens sometimes. I am connected to the internet with DSL and have a Linksys router in front. Any thoughts.

Reed

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by jamesrl

I once went to a site which offered movie trailers, but turned out to be the portal from hell.

I had the same problem as you - I would blank out the home page or change the defualt but every time I fired up IE it would return to this devilish site(full of ads).

I did eventually find something on the home page about removal and had the demon exorcised from my system.

You should check out cexx.org. They have tools for removal of this kind of nuisance on their site, as well as other spyware.

James

by rmccon

You may have some sort of spyware. To remove it, or to locate it go to www.lavasoft.de and download their free software called AD-aware 4.55. It will locate and the ask you would like to remove any spyware it finds. There is also a site that listmost programs that come with spyware. www.spychecker.com It may be able to help as well.

Good Luck

Rob

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