Home Page Address

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Hawaii Surveyor

All of sudden my home page address(a) got changed to
different address(b). I tried to reset it in the
internet options under the general tab and it wouldn't
work. I updated the patch and even called my IT Service
Tech. and they could not figure it out. No matter what we
did, it would not save the address(a) or any other
address except address except address(b).
 
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Spychecker
(www.spychecker.com)
or
Pest Patrol
(www.pestpatrol.com).

Download HijackThis, free, here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Spybot Search & Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org
http://www.spywareinfo.com

http://security.kolla.de <-germany

SpyBot Support Forum
http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-
bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
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Messenger Service of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-
us;168893

Messenger Service Window That Contains Internet
Advertisement
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904

Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communi
cate/stopspam.asp

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Internet pop-ups, free 12Ghosts Popup-killer
http://12ghosts.com/ghosts/popup.htm

Pop-Up Stopper
http://www.panicware.com/
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What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3
2.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html

MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC Interface May Allow Code
Execution
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980

MS-MVP Kelly Theriot's Repair Solution:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc
 
Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly, or You Cannot Change your Home Page
Setting
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320159

The problem may be due to a spyware.

Download Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com, scan the system and eliminate
the malware products. Re-apply the above fix if necessary.
** Remember to update the pattern file using WebUpdate in Ad-Aware **

( Caused by a malware called CoolWebSearch) Also, Download:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip )

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Regards,

Ramesh (MS-MVP)
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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All of sudden my home page address(a) got changed to
different address(b). I tried to reset it in the
internet options under the general tab and it wouldn't
work. I updated the patch and even called my IT Service
Tech. and they could not figure it out. No matter what we
did, it would not save the address(a) or any other
address except address except address(b).
 
Hawaii,
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Includes: Reset Home Page

Note: restoring the "Home Page" without scanning for parasites
will not remove the culprit that now exists on your system.
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 10-24-03]
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