RE: unauthorized home page

From: Curtis Koenig [MSFT] (curtisko_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/15/04


Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:26:24 GMT

This is know as a browser hijack and is commonly used by spyware/adware.
Check out http://www.microsoft.com/spyware for information and links to
programs that can assist you in fixing this issue.

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Curtis Koenig
Security Support Engineer
Product Support Services, Security Team
MCSE, MCSES, CISSP
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may benefit.  Thanks!
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>From: "zman" <gzsjungle3@hotmail.com>
>Subject: unauthorized home page
>Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:16:45 -0700
>
>I can not get rid of a home page that loads every time I 
>start internet explorer. It comes up as "about blank". I 
>keep changing it but it keep coming about. Any help?
>


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