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Name: xfile102
Date: February 6, 2005 at 23:47:46 Pacific
OS: Win XP
CPU/Ram: Athlon 3200+
Comment:

Homepage is stuck here, and I cannot change it?
Ran CWShredder, AdAware, SpyBot. Nothing Fixes
http://www.allwebsearcher.com/1211.htm



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Response Number 1
Name: itmdtr
Date: February 7, 2005 at 03:52:19 Pacific
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Go to Start, right click Internet Explorer, click Internet Properties, click Security tab, click on Trusted Sites, and delete that web site if it's in there.

Also, did you run those programs mentioned above in Safe Mode?


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Response Number 2
Name: xfile102
Date: February 7, 2005 at 08:46:06 Pacific
Reply:

I have done that. Same problem. The page always loads to that Allwebsearch thing. I cannot change it. It is liste in the Restricted sites, but is sill routing there when IE is opened. Tried in safe mode too.


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Response Number 3
Name: Tompa
Date: February 7, 2005 at 10:34:37 Pacific
Reply:

Go to http://pjwalczak.com/spguard/index.php
and download StartPageGuard, freeware.

StartPage Guard (SPG) protects your PC from cyberscam, by detecting and preventing any unauthorized changes to your internet browser's Start and Search pages. It is also capable of removing automatically most of known "invaders".

You can also do like this:
Correct your home page to the one you prefer, then immediately do the following:

Backup the registry and/or export the following keys:
go to Start>Run, type regedit. Navigate to:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
Right-click on the Internet Explorer key, choose new>Key, name it Control Panel.
Right-click on the Control Panel, chose new>DWORD value, name it Homepage. Right-click
on Homepage, choose modify and type in the number 1.

This should lock your home page, so no other web site can change it.


Then navigate here and verify the homepage is correct:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
look for the Start Page entry

Besides here are two links for you:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/

http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/homepage.htm

/Tompa/


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