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Help, How do you change the default homepage when it is
greyed out in internet options, I've looked so hard my
eyes are hurting!
Thanks
 
I have used the link below, printed out all the
instructions and removed the xupiter stuff from regedit,
replaced it with my preferred home page and search - all
that works fine now. All of the other logins on my
computer (for spouse and kids) have the General tab on
Internet Options except for mine.

I read on the article 260898 (delete contents of temp
internet files folder) that "an administrator can
customize your temp intenret files settings and prevent
you from changing them - for example, by removing the
general tab from the internet options dialog box - if you
cannot access the general tab contact your administrator
for more information.

Well, here I am at home, I am the closest thing to an
administrator this computer has, and I haven't found an
article yet on how to get the General tab back onto
Internet Options. Please if someone knows how to get that
back let me know. Otherwise I'll have to go out and
manually change all the stuff on there for my own login
from now on, and that's a huge pain for me. You know,
change the homepage through regedit, delete all the files
and history and cookies through explorer, ugh. Thanks.
 
Hi eimalou - Do the following:

Download and run: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip to
remove the parasite
Then download and run:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/iegentabs.reg to restore your
tabs and remove any restrictions that the parasite has put in place.

However, this also indicates that you may have acquired some other malware
along the way. If you go to this page at Jim Eshelman's site, here:
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm and wait a little bit (be patient), an analysis
of a number of possible parasites on your machine will be made to help you
identify and remove them. NOTE: You will need to disable Ad Blocking in Zone
Alarm 3.x, if present or any other Ad Blocking software which interferes
with Java Scripting for this scan to work. You should get a message between
the two lines of **** giving the results of the scan.

Then, get Ad-Aware 6.0, Build 181 or later, here:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/. Update and run this regularly
to get rid of most "spyware/hijackware" on your machine. If it has to fix
things, be sure to re-boot and rerun AdAware again and repeat this cycle
until you get a clean scan. The reason is that it may have to remove things
which are currently "in use" before it can then clean up others.

Another excellent program for this purpose is SpyBot Search and Destroy
available here: http://security.kolla.de/ SpyBot Support Forum here:
http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi. I recommend
using both normally. After fixing things with SpyBot S&D, be sure to re-boot
and rerun SpyBot again and repeat this cycle until you get a clean "no red"
scan. The reason is that SpyBot sometimes has to remove things which are
currently "in use" before it can then clean up others.


Note that sometimes you need to make a judgement call about what these
programs report as spyware. See here, for example:
http://www.imilly.com/alexa.htm




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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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Sharon said:
Help, How do you change the default homepage when it is
greyed out in internet options, I've looked so hard my
eyes are hurting!
Thanks
Click to expand...

Are you running the "immunize" feature of SpyBot Search & Destroy?
This feature locks your IE home page settings.

See this link for help: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

HTH


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"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
 
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