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« on: June 03, 2004, 04:54:56 pm »
I got some kind of virus or something.  My homepage is not what I want it to be and I keep changing it back to Yahoo, but it keeps automatically changing back to this stupid ad page.

Any help would be nice.  

PM me please.
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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2004, 04:58:02 pm »
You have Spyware/Adware on your system.

Download Adaware from http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/.

Get the latest Ref file, then run it.  It should take care of the issue.
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2004, 05:15:22 pm »
did that yesterday.  Ran it.  Ran a smart system scan, according to Ad-aware 6.0.  It quarintined about 200 files, which I deleted.  The problem persists.  I still can't set my own homepage.

Any thoughts?  Am I doing something wrong?

What's a Ref file?
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2004, 05:17:19 pm »
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did that yesterday.  Ran it.  Ran a smart system scan, according to Ad-aware 6.0.  It quarintined about 200 files, which I deleted.  The problem persists.  I still can't set my own homepage.

Any thoughts?  Am I doing something wrong?

What's a Ref file?


Add aware has a "Check for updates" Link within it.  Make sure you click it.  It will download the latest ref file (reference file, what it uses to determine what files on your machine are adware related).

Run Ad-Aware again, and check to see if any of the files return after rebooting your machine.  If you see something that consistently comes up, let me know what it is.

Also, make sure you Ad-Aware is the latest version.
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2004, 05:19:40 pm »
I'll installed the file and I'll scan later tonight.  I have an on-line class at 6:00, so I can't be spending time doing a scan right now.

Thank you very much for your help.
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« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2004, 06:02:49 pm »
The other thing to do is, if you are useing IE, switch to firefox and whatever is messing with IE will no loger be a problem.
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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2004, 06:22:43 pm »
Jebus and Walking Dude are right on, I always install this 2 programs in any machine I have to use for longer than a day. If your issues persist you might need to install SpyBot, which is actually a bit dangerous to use as you need better knowledge of your system, luck and keep us updated about how this comes out.
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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2004, 08:51:15 pm »
Problem fixed.  Thanks guys.
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