Some website has hijacked your homepage.
1. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.
SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CoolWebShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html
2. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.
3. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page
http://www.spywareinfo.com/program/hijackthis.html
Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.
4. For future preventive maintenance, make sure programs cannot just
download on your computer without your permission. From the Internet
Toolbar, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Make sure "Enable
Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)" and "Enable Install On Demand
(Other)" are unchecked.
--
Warren
For additional help, post in
http://groups.msn.com/HelpforInternetExplorerorWindowsME/homepage
danoday said:
Recently began having difficulty logging onto the internet with IE. When I
hit the IE icon it attempts to logon normally. Then a window pops up saying
that IE is unable to connect to the internet and the most likely cause is a
3rd party called 'WinAds Popup', click on this link(provided) and they will
remove it. It then reattempts to access the internet (via IE). The message
appears again that IE is unable to access the internet...etc,etc. I have
removed and reloaded IE from system disk and reset the system date(or
whatever) to an earlier time. It doesnt help. I can still access the
internet via a dedicated online link..that doesnt use IE. However, that
links directly to one company's website, and doesnt allow access to other
sites. I cant download an upgrade therefor, and my symantec isnt finding any
virus. I would appreciate any assistance with this, thanx!
