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My home page changes to "About.com" every time I log on.
Why is this and what can I do to stop it??
Thanks
Bob
 
The below links assist you in checking your system for parasites:-
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/parasite.htm
Please note that some malware may kill the internet connection when it is
removed, the program on the link below will enable you to regain the internet
connection.
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

Spyware Programs links:-
www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware
www.security.kolla.de Spybot

SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

CWShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly, or You Cannot Change Your Home Page
Setting
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320159

Downloadable McAfee AVERT Stinger:
Stinger: http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a
substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist
administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes
next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally
signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.

Perhaps an online security/virus check
Symantec
http://security.norton.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
Trend Micro House Call:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Panda ActiveScan;
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
McAfee FreeScan:
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
Kaspersky Labs On-line Virus Checker:
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
BitDefender Online Scan:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
 
Bob,

So what your saying is that, when you change it, it's ok
until you re-start you PC?

Regards

Mike Bright MCP, MSP
 
Hi:

Your Start Page keeps changing because your Browser is infected with a
trojan or Browse Hijacker
known as "CWS.About:Blank".... Download "CWShredder" to get rid of it...

Then, to keep your start page fixed, go to your favorite page... then go to
Tools\Internet Options\
General\click "Use Current"... if It changes after that, download
"HijackThis" to do a more thorough
job and also download "About:Buster" or "Browser Hijack Blaster"... to
detect and delete browser
hijackers before they install on your system. You can find all here.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

"CWShredder" is a tool that will find and destroy any of about
fifty CoolWebSearch Hijackers which symptoms include

* Redirections to CoolWebSearch related pages
* Redirections when mistyping URLs
* Redirections when visiting Google
* Enormous IE slowdowns when typing
* IE start page/search page changing on reboot
* Sites in the IE Trusted Zone you didn't add
* Popups in Google and Yahoo when searching
* Errors at startup mentioning WIN.INI or IEDLL.EXE
* Unable to access antispyware tools or sites


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