This happened to me before and I think it was a virus. Now I cannot access the field to change my home page in explorer. Help me please. The last time this happened the homepage I was given was about blank or something like that.
2006-07-12 11:02:48 · 8 answers · asked by Gone fishin' 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Spyware adware!!!!...Go to Microsoft.com click on security and download windows defender free. Do a scan if that doesn't help go to cnet.com and look for more free anti spyware.
2006-07-12 11:08:09 · answer #1 · answered by gone 3 · 9⤊ 2⤋
in case you're in a position to open registry (form "regedit" in start up->run and hit enter) then navigate to "My ComputerHKey_Current_UserSoftwareMicr... ExplorerMain" and in the right pane you'll hit upon a "start up web page" double click in this and form "about:sparkling" and press ok and close the registry editor. in case you're literally not in a position to get proper of entry to registory editor then reboot your workstation and press F8 earlier the XP exhibit comes and from the options go with very last good commonly used configuration or maybe as the XP starts attempt to regulate the living house web page of information superhighway explorer. If nevertheless not in a position to do this change to another account that's having administrator rights and from there you could try an same element. And delete the person from the position you're literally not in a position to finish the IE interest and recreate an same person. (I examined this when I confronted an same difficulty and it extremely works) If each of the artwork arounds are fail the you want to reinstall the XP, earlier then dont fortget to take the right backups.
2016-11-01 22:51:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a spyware that hijacked your homepage. You should get Spyware Doctor. It will fix it. It's worth the money to get the full version. do a google search for Spyware doctor.
2006-07-12 11:06:53 · answer #3 · answered by martin h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your program files. Some foreign names to look for are Cowabanga OIN and Internet Optimizer. Have you been getting a pop up called Yougee?
2006-07-12 11:07:28 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have a virus or spyware. Run a free online scan from an antivirus website such as http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
or
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
2006-07-12 11:07:13 · answer #5 · answered by SeveralTimesWrong 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think its a virus, I suggest anti-virus. You can also get a pop up stopper from download.com. There should be some free ones. If that doesn't work, restore your computer to an earlier date. If that doesn't work, reformat your hard drive.
2006-07-12 11:06:58 · answer #6 · answered by oranjeesoccer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to run anti-"everyhting" software to eliminate the adware or spyware or virus first - it could also be in your registry, which is a whole different story...first see if you can get rid of it...does it happen when you boot-up/log in or just when you try to access IE?
2006-07-12 11:07:27 · answer #7 · answered by Tech-Daddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Next time use the Firefox browser, you won't get these problems.
http://www.mozilla.org/firefox
I'd recommend downloading Windows Defender from Microsoft, it will solve most problems.
If that doesn't work, try Spybot or AdAware Personal to try and fix it.
2006-07-12 11:06:46 · answer #8 · answered by Kamran 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋