Re: cannot change home page

From: mae (agrannie_at_notemail.msn.com)
Date: 06/19/03 

Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 01:11:05 -0500

Should be enough to read to get started:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#hijackings
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#home_page
http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm
Might want to install these (some need- I don't)
Browser Helper Objects:
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm
Ad-Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
Spybot - Search & Destroy -
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download

mae
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"Jeff" <jeff@brownaroundtown.com> wrote in message news:062d01c33622$27073e80$a501280a@phx.gbl...
| We cannot change our default home page. It is like
| someone else has control over it. When I click on Tools,
| Internet Options, and General, the buttons under Homepage
| are grayed out. The present homepage always riddles us
| with popups. Have we been attacked possibly? What should
| we do to correct this problem and prevent it in the
| future? Thanks! Jeff

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