Hello friends....this is really urgent please respond...hw to restrict an unwanted site frmbecoming home page?

Question

I happend to mistakenly click on a site called www.coolpics.com, as soon as i clicked it.....it took over my home page......and now when ever iam opening my internet browser this website is getting opened.I have tried to change settings...by going to internet options..then clicking security....I have added it to the resticted sites list...but that doesnt seem to have an effect...I tried changing the home page settings to default.....but that is effective only untill d system is not turned-off, once sys is turned ON, again the unwanted site pops up.......please tell me what should i do....Iam really embarrased as it is a porn site....n othr family members acess the system as welll........please answer frnds....bye....

Answer 1

Two things to do.

*Blacklist the site BEFORE changing your homepage back

Run both a virus AND and malware scan as you've most likely been infected (thus the current difficult in reverting your settings)

AVG - a great and FREE anti virus application

Personally I'd also recommend running BOTH Ewido and Ad-aware (make sure you get this one from the developer's own site as there is fake version of this floating around)

Also, I'd recommend downloading and using either Opera or Firefox as your primary browser, as well as updating Internet Explorer to IE7 - this will help prevent a reocurance of this bug once you've dealt with it this time round


Oh - and clear out your browser's temp files and history - Ewido should actually remove the infected files, but still best to play it safe.

Answer 2

There are alot of over-bearing programs that insist on being #1. If you are talking about the
"butterfly" people, they are ruthless! I needed to get a sentence interperted in Spanish, and then I noticed that I kept getting them as a home page so I tried to get them off, and I am not lying, suddenly my computer went into nothing but spanish for three whole days and then came back up in English and there, again was that butterfly again! Go into the Internet home page go to tools and clikc internet options,delete your cookies and hit delete files, BUT be SURE to hit offline files when that little window pops up and delete offline files too. Then check which is your your first site, and your second. If you don't like what you see hi=lite it, hit back space then type in www. ((this is the home page I want)) .com (You don't type thisis the home page I want, you type in the name. Mine can stay that way sometimes for a month, but I haven't mangaged any permanence as yet. Gool Luck, It will be interested to see what everyone comes up with Sumi

Answer 3

you need to download, install, and run the following (free) antispyware software: ad-aware se, and spybot search and destroy.

Run them a couple of times (untill they don't detect anything) and then change your page back.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html

If that doesn't work then you will need to tak ethe computer into a repair shop so that they can disinfect it.

Next time use Firefox and not Internet Explorer because firefox users don't have to deal with exploits like that

Answer 4

goto tools internet options, make sure the homepage is set to something other than the page, then get the follow free programs.

Anti Virus
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus-free-edition/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 - AVG Anti Virus
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ - Trend Micro free online virus and spyware scan

Protection from BHO (browser helper objects) spyware, malware
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html - Spywareblaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html - Spywareguard

Scanning for spyware and removing
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php - Ad-Aware SE Personal
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html - Spybot search and destroy

Answer 5

Just go to the page you want as your home page
and click on make this my home page
this will change it back to you old home page
Have a great day and remember Jesus love you

Answer 6

Try deleting cookies and temporary files. If this does not work run an antivirus program like norton. depending on your web browser you should be able to lock your homepage in options. Maxthon has it anyways.

Answer 7

Trojan Removal Procedure.

Removing infections from your computer is never as easy as aquiring them. Malware infections are not meant to be removed, so, it takes TIME and PATIENCE to get rid of them. ONLY RESORT TO A REFORMAT AFTER ALL ELSE FAILS TO REMOVE THE INFECTION.

This procedure works for all Malware. Replace the Ewido and AdAware SE programs with any AntiVirus or AntiSpy program you choose.


Download and Update Ewido (now called the AVG Antispyware). Do not run:

http://www.ewido.net/en/download/...

Download AdAware SE and update. Do the setup. Do not run:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ad-aware/

AdAware SE Setup:

1. Select "use custom scanning options" then select "customize". Make sure the following options are enabled: "scan within archives," "scan active processes," "scan registry," "deep scan registry," "scan my IE favorites for banned URLs," "scan my Hosts file."

2. Select the "tweak" option. Under "scanning engine," make sure "unload recognized processes and modules during scan" is enabled. Enable "scan registry for all users instead of current users."

3. Under "cleaning engine" turn on "always try to unload modules…," "during removal unload explorer and IE if necessary," "let windows remove files in use at next restart," and "delete quarantined items after restoring."

4. Use the "select drives and folders to scan" option to ensure that your entire hard drive is scanned (if you have more than one hard drive, scan all of them (of course, do not include floppy and CD/DVD).


TEMPORARILY SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS.

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. Click Appearance and Themes, and then click Folder Options.

3. On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click "Show hidden files and folders", and clear(uncheck) the "Hide protected operating system files" check box.

IMPORTANT: Files are hidden by Windows for a very good reason. It is not wise to experiment with these files. Unfortunately, to successfully remove modern spyware we must turn this protection off temporarily. Please turn the protection back on when you have finished cleaning your system.


EMPTY INTERNET EXPLORER BROWSER CACHE:

1. On the Internet Explorer Tools menu, click Internet Options.

2. On the General tab, in the Temporary Internet Files section, click the Delete Files button. Select the Delete all offline content check box in the confirmation dialogue box that appears, click OK. Click OK again.

RESTART IN SAFE MODE:

To do this you need to hold down or repeatedly tap the F8 key while the computer is booting (when the computer is displaying a black screen with white text). When the boot menu appears, use your keyboard arrows to select "Safe Mode."

Safe Mode can look quite ugly. The color may look bad, and all of your desktop icons will be very large. This is normal.



START THE SCAN WITH ADAWARE SE. THEN DO IT WITH EWIDO.

NOTE: Let AdAware complete its scan. Sometimes AdAware will be unable to remove everything that it finds and will prompt to be allowed to try again after restarting. If that happens, when the scan finishes restart immediately and allow the scan to finish.


When the scan and removal are completed REBOOT COMPUTER. This will restart you in normal mode. DON'T FORGET TO RESET HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS.


NEW RESTORE POINT:

The RESTORE POINTS may be infected with the Malware and cannot be used.

HERE'S HOW:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. Click Performance and Maintenance, click System, and then click on the System Restore tab.

3. Select the Turn Off System Restore check box, click Apply, then restart your computer.

4. Return to the System Restore Tab and turn System Restore back on.


TO SET A NEW RESTORE POINT:

1. Click the Start button.

2. Point to Programs, then navigate to Accessories, then System Tools, then click System Restore.

3. Choose Create a restore point, and then click Next.

4. In the Restore point description box, type a name for your restore point, and then click Next.

5. Click OK.

NOTE: If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and are unable to access the Internet after removing Malware, there is a command that may fix the problem. It works by resetting the winsock catalogue. Click on Start, then Run and type CMD in the box. Click OK. Type "netsh winsock reset" (no quotes)into the DOS window that appears.


ADDITION INFORMATION ABOUT TROJANS:

There are Trojans that fall into the Smitfraud family. These require the use of a specialized program for removal. Here are two sites that specialize in removing these:

http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/rog...

http://siri.urz.free.fr/fix/smitfraudfix...

Answer 8

You Cant Change The HomePage At the toolbar?then something might be wrong.

Answer 9

it is a spyware or your computer is been hijacked, try removing by running a Trend micro.com anti spy ware software or still it dosent it is better to format the machine

Answer 10

plz refer to this thread for solution to ur problem
http://forums.sureshkumar.net/showthread.php?t=7790
hope it will be of help to u
also scan ur pc with norton antispyware which is available free with yahoo toolbar