Stop anything from making it ur homepage!

Thunder

Sep 2 2004, 02:11 AM

I found out that you can override any homepage setting in Internet Options. If you have spyware, or come accross it frequently, then this is a very good tweak for you.

1. Right-click on the IE icon on your desktop.

2. Select Properties

3. Now in the "Target" box you will see "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" Now by adding the url of the site to the end of this it overrides any Homepage setting in internet options.

ex: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" www.sdgamerz.tk

Note: This works only with a custom shortcut to Internet Explorer not the default one that opens Internet Options when you choose "properties".

jcguy

Sep 5 2004, 01:42 PM

Better still, dowload and use spyware/adware killer to prevent your browser and computer from being hijeacked or bombarded with ads. The leading application is Adaware which is free for personal use.

overture

Sep 7 2004, 04:54 PM

If you do not want AdWare, and you would like an alternative you could always use
Bazooka Spyware Scanner, this is a great little program it lists all spyware on your system, it is very upto date you can update it everyday, also you can click on the spyware name and it will bring up a webpage with detailed information on how to get rid of the spyware on your system, it is very detailed.

I recommend you get it

Bazooka

killer

Sep 7 2004, 06:13 PM

Hey thanks nice trick i always wanted to learn that.

Darren

Sep 9 2004, 12:04 AM

Thanx Thnder that was very helpful. As far as spyware is concerned I prefer to use Spybot which is a free program which my uncle (who is a computer engineer) put me onto.

xavierduan

Sep 9 2004, 12:47 AM

some new worm set my homepage as a strange website, there is no url display.
seems a search website.
i find that my default homepage is blank,
i set "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" www.yahoo.com
but it does not work, then i re-installed my os and solved it

juicedup77

Sep 10 2004, 09:54 PM

oh hey thats cool. I knew there was somethin to stop that yah know..haha. Anyways thatnks

Herbert

Sep 11 2004, 01:25 AM

A friend of mine has something stuck on his computer that's changing his homepage. I ran Spybot and Norton Antivirus, and the only thing that came up was an unrelated exploit (that I patched up right away). I found a porn dialer installed (that wasn't detected by the above mentioned programs user posted image

)
I had it fixed and had the homepage coming up normally, but he said after I left it changed it back again.

I'll try this little trick you've posted above and see if that works... Whatever he's got on his computer is baffling me

dissipate

Sep 11 2004, 10:43 AM

Herbert: try using Ad-aware

Eric Straven

Sep 11 2004, 10:51 AM

There are a lot of alternatives, but I personally use 4 at once

...I use the following:
1.) Ad-Aware SE Professional 1.04
2.) Spy Sweeper 3.0 Professional
3.) Pest Patrol Corporate Edition V.???
4.) Spybot Search and Destroy 1.3

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iGuest

May 22 2008, 12:55 PM

IE page is frezing suddenly
Stop anything from making it ur homepage!

In My Home Page , I am using a spin ball where it spins till the page gets loaded.In IE, when I click on any other link or tabs then it loads the corresponding link or page.But when I click on the link or tabs when the spin ball is spinning the page looks like freezing(that is spin ball stops spinning & status bar also stops)still the page is getting loaded.When there is large data this senerio looks like the page is getting freezed.
Atleast if I get status bar it may solve my probelm.

-reply by veerendra

Janette

May 15 2008, 06:49 PM

thanks these all good ideas.
Does anyone know how to install Cutenews?

FirefoxRocks

Apr 26 2008, 04:20 PM

I would recommend the use of several antispyware applications such as Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, Bazooka Scanner, SpywareBlaster and Windows Defender. Also, I do not recommend using Internet Explorer unless absolutely necessary (Windows Updates, certain IE-only sites, etc). I recommend the use of Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Safari for web browsing as they are more secure and have more features.

If your homepage DOES get hijacked in Internet Explorer, Spybot Search & Destroy has an option to reset it to a page of your choice.

ethergeek

Feb 26 2008, 01:44 AM

How the hell do you get adware in firefox "accidentally"?? This seems like you either messed something up bad or someone is messing with you.

rockershive

Feb 25 2008, 09:31 AM

I often got Adware and Spyware with my Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta. I don't know what's happening. I've done to tightly configure my security settings. I'm using AVG Free Edition.