can't change my home page

khes · 01-03-2005, 06:54 PM

can not change my home page browser , I went to properties and went to change home page there but it does not let me type in my address

elf · 01-03-2005, 07:54 PM

Please download Ad-aware SE and install it if you don't have it already. Make sure it's the newest version and check for any updates before running it. Make sure to customize the settings in Ad-aware for better scan results. Run the scan and fix everything that it finds.

Download and install Spybot S&D. Run Spybot and click on the Search for Updates button. Install any updates if they are available. Next click on the Check for Problems button. Let it run the scan. If it finds something, check all those in RED and hit the Fix Selected Problems button. Exit Spybot.

hbcao2004 · 01-04-2005, 12:56 PM

I agree with ELF. Download and run a ad-ware and somekind of spybot. Your situation happened to be before. It's pretty annoy. I reformated mine.

**Horse** · 01-05-2005, 03:08 AM

Hi there

Browser redirects are often caused by CoolWebSearch infections so after you have followed Elf's advice, download HijackThis - this program will help us determine if there are any spyware/malware on your computer. Create a folder at C:\HJT and move HijackThis.exe there. Run a scan and save the log file. Get HijackThis Analyzer and save it to the same folder as the hijackthis.log file. Run HijackThis Analyzer and type in y if you agree. Open up the result.txt file created. Copy the whole result.txt log and post it back here. Do not fix anything in HijackThis since they may be harmless. Make sure to include the System information at the top of the log as well.

01-03-2005, 06:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
khes Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1 OS: xp	can't change my home page can not change my home page browser , I went to properties and went to change home page there but it does not let me type in my address

01-03-2005, 07:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
elf Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 7,038 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 and Windows 7 My System	Please download Ad-aware SE and install it if you don't have it already. Make sure it's the newest version and check for any updates before running it. Make sure to customize the settings in Ad-aware for better scan results. Run the scan and fix everything that it finds. Download and install Spybot S&D. Run Spybot and click on the Search for Updates button. Install any updates if they are available. Next click on the Check for Problems button. Let it run the scan. If it finds something, check all those in RED and hit the Fix Selected Problems button. Exit Spybot. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

01-05-2005, 03:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Horse General Manager (Administrator) Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Durban South Africa Posts: 4,297 OS: WIN XP PRO My System Blog Entries: 1	Hi there Browser redirects are often caused by CoolWebSearch infections so after you have followed Elf's advice, download HijackThis - this program will help us determine if there are any spyware/malware on your computer. Create a folder at C:\HJT and move HijackThis.exe there. Run a scan and save the log file. Get HijackThis Analyzer and save it to the same folder as the hijackthis.log file. Run HijackThis Analyzer and type in y if you agree. Open up the result.txt file created. Copy the whole result.txt log and post it back here. Do not fix anything in HijackThis since they may be harmless. Make sure to include the System information at the top of the log as well. __________________ Know where you're going in life. You may already be there

01-04-2005, 12:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
hbcao2004 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 22 OS: XP	I agree with ELF. Download and run a ad-ware and somekind of spybot. Your situation happened to be before. It's pretty annoy. I reformated mine.