Virus or parasite

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Bill Shaffer

The home page has been altered to trash percent type
characters and about:blank, sends me to true-counter.com
change it and it goes back.
can't go to symantech.com
also fake website popups uptick.com
any help appreciated.
Bill S
 
Bill Shaffer said:
The home page has been altered to trash percent type
characters and about:blank, sends me to true-counter.com
change it and it goes back.
can't go to symantech.com
also fake website popups uptick.com
any help appreciated.
Bill S
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See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
 
Bill Shaffer said:
The home page has been altered to trash percent type
characters and about:blank, sends me to true-counter.com
change it and it goes back.
can't go to symantech.com
also fake website popups uptick.com
any help appreciated.
Bill S
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Blocking Unwanted Ads with a HOSTS File:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/newhosts.htm

HTH

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