hijackers

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the motherfuckers have hijacked my start page on my browser..aaaargh!!!! I did not visit a porn site!!trying to fix but I am at my wits end.

-- alien mist (curl_matrix@yahoo.com), January 16, 2005

Answers

explorer go to tools on menu bar click on internet options. you will see home page there. You can put anything there that you want for a start page. go to bottom and hit apply then ok if you have navigator go to menu bar hit edit and then preferences and you should be able to figure it out from there

-- Brasky (brasky@helpdesk.com), January 16, 2005.

Alright, if you're still using IE, stop. Go to www.mozilla.org/products/firefox and download FireFox browser. Much faster, safer, and it has a built in popup blocker. Also, the key feature is tabbed browsing. That means you can keep several sites up in the same window, you don't have to make a new window for each site. So with FireFox you won't get hijackers, tracking cookies, or spyware/adware. It's much better than Internet Explorer.

Secondly, if you would like to clean off the Spyware and Adware that is causing these problems, (and several more, I'm sure: Popups, Slow running speeds, etc.) go to http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10319876.html?tag=lst-0-1 and download Ad-Aware. It will clean off the majority of Spyware/Adware on your computer and you will notice a change for the better. Also, no more browser hijacks in IE, and absolutely no chance of anything happening in FireFox. After you install Adaware, run a 'quick scan.' Clean off that junk, and then run a 'full scan.' After you do that, go to http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10289035.html?tag=lst-0-1 and download Spybot: Search and Destroy. It's not as good as Ad-Aware, but it will clean up the things that Ad-Aware misses. Also, you can immunize yourself from other spyware attacks.

Good luck.

And next time, if you're having technical problems like this, I'd take it to a discussion board suited to helping with those kind of problems, not a political discussion board. Thanks.

-- U msut Feers Me (Dubyalovesblow00@hotmail.com), January 16, 2005.


I can help you with any problem you have concerning IT. I wasnt kidding when I said I have a Masters in computer Science, and an MCSE and a CCNA. I do this sort of thing for a living! There is a forum at KOBE Headquarters just for IT questions (I just opened it).

-- KOBE SBM (kobesbm@kobehq.com), January 17, 2005.

thanks guys, I was able to fix it, using some sofware i was able to find the pest and delete,

Those pple should be shot in the ass

-- alien mist (curl_matrix@yahoo.com), January 17, 2005.


alien if you send me your ip address and your passwords i can help fix your computer from here.

-- bbzzt (bzzzztt@bbzztt.zzzt), February 01, 2005.


y sure... here's mu ip and password 4 u ... 769 87 432 80 japcultkill ok im waiting 4 yer fix!

-- (W@1122211.com), February 06, 2005.

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