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Homepage Hijack
Name: klm Date: January 30, 2004 at 14:01:41 Pacific OS: MS ME CPU/Ram: Cel 766 / 64MB
Comment:
Homepage has been hijacked. Chaneg in int properties but changes back at start up. I downloaded Spybot. Still keeps changeing. Any ideas?
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: February 1, 2004 at 00:54:26 Pacific
Reply:
klm, Spybot should be able to block any attempt at change. Sounds to me like a setting is incorrect. Read/absorb the Spybot tutorial at: http://tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/index2.php and see if it has the answer. My SWAG is that you need to pay particular attention to the options available to you under 'immunize'. HTH. Ed in Texas.
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