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| Thread ID: 49140 | 2004-09-11 09:29:00 | MSN.COM hijacking my default home page | excelsa (5950) | Press F1 |
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| 271253 | 2004-09-11 09:29:00 | I'm using Internet Explorer with Windows XP Home, and I prefer to use a "blank" default home page. It is regularly getting changed to www.msn.com. I haven't set this in my internet options. I never use msn. I don't want to use msn. I don't want msn as my default home page. I keep resetting it to "blank page" but something keeps setting it back to www.msn.com. I clean out my cookies folder regularly. Any advice as to how to stop this would be appreciated. |
excelsa (5950) | ||
| 271254 | 2004-09-11 09:37:00 | Do you use an anti-spy/ad ware program (IE Ad-Aware)? Often yhey don't like this, and will remove it, changing it to the windows default. | Megaman (344) | ||
| 271255 | 2004-09-11 09:44:00 | I use both ad-aware and spybot-search and destroy. I'll keep an eye on the adaware log file. Thanks |
excelsa (5950) | ||
| 271256 | 2004-09-11 09:46:00 | This FAQ's shoud help: FAQ #16 - Spyware and adware - how do I get rid of it? (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) |
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| 271257 | 2004-09-11 10:11:00 | The FAQ doesn't actually say that you should add the about:blank possible hijack that Adaware comes up with to the Adaware ignore list. Instead the FAQ says this which I dont understand: "You can prevent Ad-aware's future scans from doing this by adding the About: Blank entry to the Default Settings page under Default Homepage." |
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