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re: Question about 'How do I stop Internet Explorer from loading a ''home page'' when it starts?'
Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 8:15 am
Posted by phantom
(5661 messages posted)
Probably someone hijacked your home page and changed it. It is probably Spyware.
Get Spybot and AdWare and upgrade them then run them. Here are some Programs that
will help keep the crud off.
http://patrick.kolla.de/spybotsd.html
http://www.lavasoft.de
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/bhblaster.html
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 7:56 am, akis lefkas wrote:
>I have set my internet explorer v6 to load specific page from internet whenever
it
>starts,but each time i shut down my pc and turn it off i find the starting page
is
>altered.What goes wrong?I have run a virus scan,latest definitions, but that showed
>nothing
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re: Question about 'How do I stop Internet Explorer from loading a ''home page'' when it starts?'
Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at 1:03 pm
Posted by akis lefkas
(2 messages posted)
Thank you phantom it was a hijack thanks a lot.I used a variety of utilities to help
restore my system, amongst them was norton antivirus.It seems I have another problem
with that, every time i try to install it (because I made a mistake and uninstalled
it) there is a windows message saying Error 1721.There is a problem with this windows
installer package.A program required for this install to complete could not be run
condact the support personnel or package vendor. I tried to install it to a different
computer ( a friends pc) and worked fine,thus showing that in the process of removing
the hijacker something went wrong.I had a troijan virus as well and removed it,but
now somethings wrong.Everything else seems to work fine.I would appreciate any ideas,what
is error 1721? thanks a lot
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re: Question about 'How do I stop Internet Explorer from loading a ''home page'' when it starts?'
Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at 2:29 pm
Posted by phantom
(5661 messages posted)
I found today that there's a Microsoft uninstall repair cleanup utility called MSICUU.EXE.
It's described in Microsoft's technote Q238413 on their website.
On Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at 1:03 pm, akis lefkas wrote:
>
>Thank you phantom it was a hijack thanks a lot.I used a variety of utilities to
help
>restore my system, amongst them was norton antivirus.It seems I have another problem
>with that, every time i try to install it (because I made a mistake and uninstalled
>it) there is a windows message saying Error 1721.There is a problem with this windows
>installer package.A program required for this install to complete could not be run
>condact the support personnel or package vendor. I tried to install it to a different
>computer ( a friends pc) and worked fine,thus showing that in the process of removing
>the hijacker something went wrong.I had a troijan virus as well and removed it,but
>now somethings wrong.Everything else seems to work fine.I would appreciate any ideas,what
>is error 1721? thanks a lot
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re: Question about 'How do I stop Internet Explorer from loading a ''home page'' when it starts?'
Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at 2:46 pm
Posted by phantom
(5661 messages posted)
That may be only for 98 and ME sorry.
On Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at 1:03 pm, akis lefkas wrote:
>
>Thank you phantom it was a hijack thanks a lot.I used a variety of utilities to
help
>restore my system, amongst them was norton antivirus.It seems I have another problem
>with that, every time i try to install it (because I made a mistake and uninstalled
>it) there is a windows message saying Error 1721.There is a problem with this windows
>installer package.A program required for this install to complete could not be run
>condact the support personnel or package vendor. I tried to install it to a different
>computer ( a friends pc) and worked fine,thus showing that in the process of removing
>the hijacker something went wrong.I had a troijan virus as well and removed it,but
>now somethings wrong.Everything else seems to work fine.I would appreciate any ideas,what
>is error 1721? thanks a lot
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re: Question about 'How do I stop Internet Explorer from loading a ''home page'' when it starts?'
Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 1:44 am
Posted by David Sullivan
(1 messages posted)
It's dead easy to get rid of this if you have Windows XP. Go to "Help and Support"
and one of the options on the right (under "pick a task") is "System Restore". You
just follow the instructions to restore your settings to anytime before the problem
arose. It works every time.
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 8:15 am, phantom wrote:
>Probably someone hijacked your home page and changed it. It is probably Spyware.
>Get Spybot and AdWare and upgrade them then run them. Here are some Programs that
>will help keep the crud off.
>http://patrick.kolla.de/spybotsd.html
>http://www.lavasoft.de
>http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
>http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html
>http://www.wilderssecurity.com/bhblaster.html
>
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re: Question about 'How do I stop Internet Explorer from loading a ''home page'' when it starts?'
Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 7:17 pm
Posted by Vickie
(3 messages posted)
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 8:15 am, phantom wrote:
Probably someone hijacked your home page and changed it. It is probably Spyware.
Get Spybot and AdWare and upgrade them then run them. Here are some Programs that
will help keep the crud off.
[snip]href="http://www.wilderssecurity.com/bhblaster.html"
Hi,
Went to this site and clicked the download. Comes up with a 404, then aborts IE under
XP. Has this URL been hacked or is this just a glitch?
Thanks,
Vickie
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re: Question about 'How do I stop Internet Explorer from loading a ''home page'' when it starts?'
Sunday, February 1, 2004 at 8:42 am
Posted by Joe Evans
(1 messages posted)
Can I just delete mshp.dll after I install the spyware, or is this something really
important?
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 8:15 am, phantom wrote:
>Probably someone hijacked your home page and changed it. It is probably Spyware.
>Get Spybot and AdWare and upgrade them then run them. Here are some Programs that
>will help keep the crud off.
>http://patrick.kolla.de/spybotsd.html
>http://www.lavasoft.de
>http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
>http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html
>http://www.wilderssecurity.com/bhblaster.html
>
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re: Question about 'How do I stop Internet Explorer from loading a ''home page'' when it starts?'
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 11:57 pm
Posted by can't mess with the indian
(1 messages posted)
I had this same problem after a couple years. You can try my method but i do not
guarantee that it will work for you.
1. Download a spyware program (preferably Spysweeper) that has inthernet explorer
hijacking safeguards. http://spysweeper.com/ >click free trial download. If it asks
for any serial verification or anyhting of the kind then go to serials.ws and obtain
a serial code for that version of the program. (this will only give you a one year
subscription instead of the 30 day free trial.)
2. Afterwards, install and run a full system scan and it will find MANY tracker cookies,
spyware progs, and ad-ware progs that most other spyware progs don't pick up on.
3. If this method works out for you and you decide to keep this prog,then you should
search or download a program called "spysweeper fix" this will give you subscription
to this program until year 2115.
God arn't indians useful?
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 7:56 am, akis lefkas wrote:
>I have set my internet explorer v6 to load specific page from internet whenever
it
>starts,but each time i shut down my pc and turn it off i find the starting page
is
>altered.What goes wrong?I have run a virus scan,latest definitions, but that showed
>nothing
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re: Question about 'How do I stop Internet Explorer from loading a ''home page'' when it starts?'
Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 11:57 am
Posted by frances
(1 messages posted)
I have the same problem.
On Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at 1:03 pm, akis lefkas wrote:
>
>Thank you phantom it was a hijack thanks a lot.I used a variety of utilities to
help
>restore my system, amongst them was norton antivirus.It seems I have another problem
>with that, every time i try to install it (because I made a mistake and uninstalled
>it) there is a windows message saying Error 1721.There is a problem with this windows
>installer package.A program required for this install to complete could not be run
>condact the support personnel or package vendor. I tried to install it to a different
>computer ( a friends pc) and worked fine,thus showing that in the process of removing
>the hijacker something went wrong.I had a troijan virus as well and removed it,but
>now somethings wrong.Everything else seems to work fine.I would appreciate any ideas,what
>is error 1721? thanks a lot
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re: Question about 'How do I stop Internet Explorer from loading a ''home page'' when it starts?'
Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Posted by MartinM
(7551 messages posted)
Start a new thread and describe your exact actions and symptoms.
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