ot: removing a site as homepage

Guys, not sure how I got this, but now my Explorer is set to automatically start at a certain website - whatzit dor com for those who are interested). I try to go back to my old faithful by using the "set homepage as" option, but every time Explorer load up again back comes the pesky page. Is there another way to do this? I've had a ferret through the registry and file search, but can't see anything obvious as to what's doing it....(windows XP) Thanks gents

Have you set the homepage in Internet Explorer by going to Tools/Internet Options/General/Use Current ? That should do the job, if not there must be something changing it back to whatzit in the registry. Sid. "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:zDPDa.8721$[email hidden]... > Guys, not sure how I got this, but now my Explorer is set to automatically > start at a certain website - whatzit dor com for those who areinterested). > I try to go back to my old faithful by using the "set homepage as" option, > but every time Explorer load up again back comes the pesky page. > Is there another way to do this? I've had a ferret through the registryand

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> file search, but can't see anything obvious as to what's doing > it....(windows XP) > > > Thanks gents > >

Colin Harris wrote:

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> Guys, not sure how I got this, but now my Explorer is set to > automatically start at a certain website - whatzit dor com for those > who are interested). I try to go back to my old faithful by using the > "set homepage as" option, but every time Explorer load up again back > comes the pesky page. Is there another way to do this? I've had a > ferret through the registry and file search, but can't see anything > obvious as to what's doing it....(windows XP) > > > Thanks gents

Colin, does this help ? http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&frame=right&th=a 60d6e115b623ab4&seekm=uTezGKJqCHA.1980%40TK2MSFTNGP12#link1 Sorry the links a bit long, you'll probably need to copy and paste :) -- Ian P <email invalid due to spammers>

"Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:zDPDa.8721$[email hidden]... > Guys, not sure how I got this, but now my Explorer is set to automatically > start at a certain website - whatzit dor com for those who areinterested). > I try to go back to my old faithful by using the "set homepage as" option, > but every time Explorer load up again back comes the pesky page. > Is there another way to do this? I've had a ferret through the registryand

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> file search, but can't see anything obvious as to what's doing > it....(windows XP) > > > Thanks gents > >

OK, turns out it was VERY sinister indeed. I wrote to their 'help', and in an automated response they cheerfully admitted they put it on to my system. They also provided a handy uninstaller, which sure enough deleted all those files, and then deposited a nasty virus called troj_coreflood.a (details of how nasty it is can be found here: http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_COREFLO OD.A ) onto my compy. Luckily, good ol' Fix-It, er, fixed it, with the help of the newest anti-virus stuff, but what a terrible way to behave. Wish I could report 'em.......

"Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:fNQDa.34136$[email hidden]... > > Colin, does this help ? > > Ian P > <email invalid due to spammers> > Not for me, mate, but thanks for trying! Keep turning left, old friend :-))

"Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote here on 06 Jun 2003: <snip> > Wish I could report 'em....... Why can't you? -- Above address *is* valid - but snip spamtrap to get me to *read*! Support the world's oldest motorsport venue! http://www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk/future.html

"Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:5eRDa.8803$[email hidden]:

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> "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in > message news:zDPDa.8721$[email hidden]... >> Guys, not sure how I got this, but now my Explorer is set to >> automatically start at a certain website - whatzit dor com for those >> who are interested). I try to go back to my old faithful by using the >> "set homepage as" option, but every time Explorer load up again back >> comes the pesky page. >> Is there another way to do this? I've had a ferret through the >> registry and >> file search, but can't see anything obvious as to what's doing >> it....(windows XP) >> >> >> Thanks gents >> >> > > OK, turns out it was VERY sinister indeed. I wrote to their 'help', and > in an automated response they cheerfully admitted they put it on to my > system. They also provided a handy uninstaller, which sure enough > deleted all those files, and then deposited a nasty virus called > troj_coreflood.a (details of how nasty it is can be found here: > http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_COR > EFLO OD.A ) > onto my compy.

I guess your IExplorer has been hijacked. Recently, it has become fashionable on the net to hijack user's IExplorers and then charge them for the software to unhijack it :) Sorry, I can't give better information, I don't use IExplorer myself and I didn't bother to look into details of this problem, but it was something about IExplorer providing certain API that allowed to hijack it. Microsoft has recently released some security patch, but I'm not sure if it fixes this problem. Alex.

Try Google for a file called "Hijackthis.zip" Bill

Colin Harris wrote: > > OK, turns out it was VERY sinister indeed. I wrote to their 'help'... I sincerely hope you didn't use your "regular" e-mail addy when you wrote to a company that hijacked your IE ? Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "goyl at nettx dot no" http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

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> > > Colin Harris wrote: > > > > OK, turns out it was VERY sinister indeed. I wrote to their 'help'... > > I sincerely hope you didn't use your "regular" e-mail addy when you > wrote to a company that hijacked your IE ? >

oops, I did...never even thought about it.... What's going to happen now?

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> > "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > Colin Harris wrote: > > > > > > OK, turns out it was VERY sinister indeed. I wrote to their 'help'... > > > > I sincerely hope you didn't use your "regular" e-mail addy when you > > wrote to a company that hijacked your IE ? > > > > oops, I did...never even thought about it.... > > What's going to happen now?

My guess is SPAM ......:-( , a company that would stoop to hijacking your IE will probably sell your e-mail addy to spammers .... someone like the guy's who e-mail addy I use to post in here Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "goyl at nettx dot no" http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--