Shoutbox

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Originally posted by Markus
That's not enough! He has a browser hijacker that keeps changing it's homepage at startup, but it shows about:blank in the addres bar. I've had the same hijacker.

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Yeah, Finally someone getting me... so any idea what should I be doing?

I had to same one a few months back. I think i uninstalled IE then reinstalled it. Seemed to fix it but i also kept spybot running under the net protect thingie.

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Originally posted by uberdosis
Solution here

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Firefox is not a solution to spyware. It's just as vulnerable as other browsers, it just takes time for people to find the exploits.

As for something more relevant... well, I'm not totally sure what to do . Maybe you could install CodeStuff's Starter and see what programs are running at startup, then disabling the ones you don't know.

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Originally posted by Caboose
Firefox is not a solution to spyware. It's just as vulnerable as other browsers, it just takes time for people to find the exploits.

As for something more relevant... well, I'm not totally sure what to do . Maybe you could install CodeStuff's Starter and see what programs are running at startup, then disabling the ones you don't know.

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It is too a solution , just of a different breed. And don't suggest installing 3rd party apps that do exactly the same thing as msconfig.

My recommendation to you is to try the Lop.com uninstaller to see if that helps anything. Other than that, I'd recommend downloading Firefox because it is less vulnerable to the convientional means of being hijacked.

Close all Internet Explorer windows then goto your Control Panel (Start > (Settings) > Control Panel

Double Click Internet Options
Click Advanced
Uncheck Enabled third-party browser extensions (requires restart).
Click Ok.

Next click Start > Run > type the following (or copy)

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ren c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts hosts2

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Next try and use wither Adware  or Spybot S&D

http://www.d-a-l.com/help/archive/index.php/t-574.html

this guy and a few others found a way

Give Microsoft Anti-Spyware a try, It might fix it.

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Originally posted by mwe99
I had to same one a few months back. I think i uninstalled IE then reinstalled it. Seemed to fix it but i also kept spybot running under the net protect thingie.

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Any how do I uninstall IE

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Originally posted by wj
Give Microsoft Anti-Spyware a try, It might fix it.

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Told you, tried it... no avail