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Security Alert Popup annoyance
Name: jtype Date: July 31, 2007 at 10:49:08 Pacific OS: windows XP CPU/Ram: Cempron processor 1.5 or
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I have read some of the threads on this subject and I have the same problem, pretty much. I have hijackthis and can run it for scan and log if you require (I presume you will:-P) Basically, I have the security alert message popup every 10 mins at least and popups in browsers appear when i open browsers and my homepage will not change back to google like i used to have it. Instead it remains to be an antivirus homepage and i try to change it but it remains stubborn. Any help from you guys would be awesome, you do really well from what i can see:-D Thankyou
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