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Geek Culture / That's not my home page!

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Manticore Night
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Location: Ouinnipeg
Posted: 26th Jun 2004 04:22
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... it's my wife HAHAHAHAHAHA.... er... well. My homepage has been replaced by some pain in the a$$ search engine. If I change my homepage, the next time I logon it changes it. Has this happened to anyone, and if so how to I fix it.

It's amazing how much TV has raised us. (Bart Simpson)
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the_winch
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Location: Oxford, UK
Posted: 26th Jun 2004 04:29
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Download and run
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10122137.html?part=104443&subj=dlpage&tag=button
They usually get rid of most stuff.

Then get a browser which doesn't make it so easy for websites to install crap on your computer.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

can i scream
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megamanx
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Location: Kentucky, USA
Posted: 26th Jun 2004 04:42 Edited at: 26th Jun 2004 04:43
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I would also recommend winch's advice. Besides just firefox, you might also like Opera which is a complete internet suite (email, irc, rss, and browser with popup blocking and integrated google search) for 3.4mb. It was just recently award the best browser of 2004 award from PC World. Firefox is a good browser but for me, it just doesn't do the job as quick and easily as Opera.

Internet Explorer, by definition, is a security-ridden cave of trouble. You are open to multiple exploits using Internet Explorer such as browser hijacking (what you're experiencing), phishing (the art of crafting a URL which looks like a site you want to visit but takes you to a completely different site), the man-in-the-middle attack which allows third-parties to view what you send over "secure connections" which could potentially allow someone to view your credit card numbers, bank account information, etc. I would highly recommend switching to a new browser, Firefox or Opera would be a good choice.

http://www.opera.com
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HZence
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Posted: 26th Jun 2004 07:30
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Yeah, you might wanna download Spybot: Search and Destroy. You might have DSO explot; that's what I had a last week and it's a pain in the arse to get rid of.


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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 26th Jun 2004 13:32
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You can also set the homepage line in IE to read-only. Unfortunately, I've forgotten how to do it...


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GenTekZ
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Posted: 26th Jun 2004 23:19
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happens to me all the time. but i fixed my own computer without those programs.

370 things i found very very bad things

http://www.GenTekZ.tk
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Kain
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Location: NJ, USA
Posted: 27th Jun 2004 00:16
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Also go into your registry and look around in IE. You are bound to find the site address somewhere in there. Usually its in 4 or 5 different files, change them all to the page you want and it will work again.

Not all programs will fix the start page buggers, but this always does.

http://www.ShrikeSoftware.com

Free Demo: http://www.shrikesoftware.com/hijacker1.exe
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