Re: homepage hijacked - cannot edit registry !!
From: Will Denny (willdenny_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/29/04
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Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:11:44 -0000
Hi
Try any/all of the following programs to check for and delete any spyware
that may be on your system:
Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
-- Will Denny MS-MVP Windows Shell/User "P Whitney" <pjwhitney@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:255e6303.0402290729.199ee921@posting.google.com... > Some slimeball site has reset my IE home page to munky.com. > The registry setting HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start > Page > has been set to munky.com. When I try to edit the key in regedit, I get > an > "Error writing the value's new contents". If I try to delete it, I also > get an error. Shareware like "HijackThis" and "StartPageGuard" also are > unable to modify the value. Any Ideas ???? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.596 / Virus Database: 379 - Release Date: 26/02/2004
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