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HomePage Removal
Name: Tellme Date: April 12, 2004 at 11:58:43 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: p4, 1.6, 512 ram
Comment:
Each time I open IE, my home page has changed to freepage.ws. I changed it under Tools > Internet Options > HomePage but no luck. I searched regedit and spybot but again no luck..I can't get rid of it. Any suggestions on how I can eliminate this annoyance from my system?
Name: Diego Date: April 12, 2004 at 12:04:37 Pacific
Reply:
Go to http://bubdaddy.blogspot.com/ and read all about CoolWWW and all of the rest of the dungware!
See the instructions on using SPYSWEEPER!
If you use SPYSWEEPER correctly...it will defeat ALL home page hijackers.
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Response Number 2
Name: per Date: April 12, 2004 at 12:34:54 Pacific
Reply:
CWSHREDDER and SPYWAREBLASTER.
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Response Number 3
Name: johnnywasnaked Date: April 12, 2004 at 15:08:15 Pacific
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i recommend pestpatrol. you have to pay for it but it is regularly updated and it gets the job done.
Dont be like Johnny. Wear clothes.
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Response Number 4
Name: Grimples Date: April 13, 2004 at 07:18:18 Pacific
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What security settings do you's folk have, & & what websites do you's visit?. (i mean all those people who get these spyware problems) Touch wood, i never get hijacked or get many popups.
(yes, i occasionally visit porn sites aswell, i am single of course) lol
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