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Michael
Dec 27, 2003, 01:37 AM
Hey fellas, whassup? (:

I got a problem with my internet explorer or something, my favorites have all been deleted and replaced with these advertising and **** sites, and my homepage too. When I delete the favorites and change my homepage it sticks, until I turn my computer on again. I tried ad-aware, spyware-blaster, and my anti-virus with no success. By the way, the creation date of the favorites is the time windows last loaded.
I really need a hand with this cos sooner or later dad might restart the computer and that would be bad if ya know what I mean...

Any help appreceated, thanks alot in advaned.
Risp_old
Dec 27, 2003, 05:50 AM
I've had my homepage been changed to a search engine and various things added to my favorites (and even search toolbars added by various spyware) but not anything <i>that bad</i>. I pity you...
Maby you should try Spybot- Search and Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org). I found it catches some spyware that ad-aware does not.
Link
Dec 27, 2003, 08:20 AM
Check what is running when your computer starts up. Start->Run->"msconfig"

In the tab farthest to the right, disable any programs you don't need. Remember that nothing in here is system-critical, so disabling it will not cause disaster. If adware scanners cannot detect anything, you might need to go through this in a guess-and-check manner until you determine what program is causing this.
Michael
Dec 28, 2003, 04:31 AM
Ad aware didn't help, spybot S&D didn't work (am trying again), norton AV didn't work,spyware blaster didn't work, I have cleaned the list of startup programs of all junk and nothing helped!
Risp_old
Dec 28, 2003, 05:41 AM
... well, thats all I can think of.
Kaz
Dec 28, 2003, 10:43 AM
If you have windows XP, let one of us run through it with remote help.
Michael
Jan 1, 2004, 06:39 AM
I got a windows 98...isn't it possible to remote help me in that? ):
Kaz
Jan 1, 2004, 03:17 PM
Run it in safemode and then try S&D and ad-aware I guess.

Or find all your installation CD's, back up all your documents, and prepare for a full wipe.
Radium
Jan 1, 2004, 03:31 PM
Go into Dos mode and delete everything you don't recognize. It helps to have a list of the files vital to running Windows.