Carmen said:
Someone in my family accidently clicked on one of those
pop up ads which changes your search engine... how can I
restore the old one or change it to a different one?
Spyware Removal Tool, your choice, novice users, Lavasoft's Ad-aware,
Direct download -
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/new/privacy___security/aaw6181.exe
Lavasoft/Ad-aware home:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Mirror site:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
You may post queries regarding Ad-aware at Lavasoft Support,
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com
Advanced users, SpyBot Search & Destroy,
Direct download -
http://spybot.eon.net.au/files/spybotsd_mainapp.exe
SpyBot home:
http://security.kolla.de/
SpyBot How-To:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/
More detailed help:
http://tomcoyote.org/~mosaic1/spybot/
Support Forum,
http://net-integration.net/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi
Navigate to the SpyBot S&D section.
Install *both*, reboot, read FAQ and overview, use online update
feature to obtain the latest reference files, scan for Spyware
much like you would with your pre-installed anti-virus scanner.
Run Ad-aware and SpyBot on a regular basis, again like you would you A-V
scanner.
Rid your machine of unwanted Spyware pests.
HTH
--
siljaline
"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_
