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Another PC Question...
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 12:28 pm
by Colin
My home page is set to Yahoo! but it's been defaulting itself to a different search engine, and I don't want that...and it keeps doing it even when I put
http://www.yahoo.com in the homepage area.
Any clue on how I can fix it?
Thanks!
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 12:31 pm
by Skywatch_NC
Colin, what is your homepage called?
That aside from the TSR site.
Eric
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 1:27 pm
by Colin
My homepage is "Looking For..." but what I want it to be is Yahoo!, but whenever I set it to that, it goes back to the "Looking For..." site the next time I go onto the Internet.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 1:32 pm
by VanceWxMan
you my friend have a SPY WARE on your system. And your registry has been attacked and sabatoged
So first you need to get Ad Aware and run it. If that doesn't fix it you will have to go into the registry editior and change the key manually :o
Aaron
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 1:40 pm
by streetsoldier
Ad-Aware is a FREE download, BTW...I have it installed on my PC, and it keeps the three Windows XP desktops clean as can be.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 1:49 pm
by chadtm80
EVERYONE needs ad-aware.. It can be downloaded from
http://www.download.com
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 2:05 pm
by weatherlover427
Colin, let me know if you have any questions about AdAware, I run it once or twice a week.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 5:01 pm
by ColdFront77
I still find it strange (for lack of a better word) on how Ad-Aware became known. It seems that we need to know about a program such as this to know it is really needed.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 5:15 pm
by Colin
I already have Ad-Aware...thanks guys, I'll do that right now.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 5:16 pm
by chadtm80
I still find it strange (for lack of a better word) on how Ad-Aware became known. It seems that we need to know about a program such as this to know it is really needed.
What is it that you need to know about it.. I am personal friends with the Persons that developed it
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 9:09 pm
by Colin
That didn't work....any other suggestions?
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 9:10 pm
by chadtm80
after you ran Ad aware did you manually change your homepage back?
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 9:12 pm
by Colin
no...but i did after i went on the internet...
i did before i ran it and then after i went back on the internet AFTER i ran Ad-Aware...
Confusing...
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 10:23 pm
by Colin
That didn't work either...
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 4:58 am
by ColdFront77
chadtm80 wrote:I still find it strange (for lack of a better word) on how Ad-Aware became known. It seems that we need to know about a program such as this to know it is really needed.
What is it that you need to know about it.. I am personal friends with the Persons that developed it
I am referring to how people find out about the software to begin with. I would figure other people wonder this same thing...
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 7:52 am
by chadtm80
Advertising IE: Popups, email etc.. Also word of mouth... When you have a product such as Ad-aware consumers tend to realy get the word out.
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 9:24 am
by j
chadtm80 wrote:Advertising IE: Popups, email etc.. Also word of mouth... When you have a product such as Ad-aware consumers tend to realy get the word out.
I find out about these things from PCWorld magazine...Its cheap, and every month its full of ways to keep you up and running.
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 9:40 am
by chadtm80
I agree PCWorld is a Great subscrip j
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 1:30 pm
by Colin
*BUMP*
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 1:53 pm
by WoodstockWX
I downloaded a trial version of a spyware scanner/remover and matched the spywares it found to their destinations in the reg key and deleted them.
I don't recommend that you do this but it's what I've been doing, until now, because I'm going to download Ad-aware and try it out!