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Warez site keeps making itself homepage?

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  • 08-02-2004 10:40pm
    #1
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭


    Left Pc unattended and wifey somehow managed to get searchcentral.cc as my homepage and everytime i change it ,it comes back.
    I cant find anything related to it in the usual directoires.

    Anyone know how its doing this?

    kdjac


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    #2
    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    Run Adaware or spybot from download.com


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    #3
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    or you could stop using IE :D


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    Raskolnikov
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Raskolnikov


    Originally posted by Henry_14
    Run Adaware or spybot from download.com

    Yep, AdAware will certainly get rid of it, you're going to find 100's of little critters clogging up you puter :D


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    LoLth
    Registered Users Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭LoLth


    another useful tool is CWshredder. specialises in getting rid of the coolwebsearch spyware that infect IE.

    Do a google for it. Then use it in conjunction with spybot for popup and redirection free surfing.


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    [Deleted User]
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    And after youve run all the spyware stuff get a different browser. IE = nightmare :(


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Originally posted by Jabba
    And after youve run all the spyware stuff get a different browser. IE = nightmare :(

    I tried that with my, er, "wifey". They quickly get frustrated when their favourite website won't display properly on Mozilla/Netscape/whatever (Superquinn being a favourite).

    Adaware, a firewall and and up to date virus checker are a better option to avoid frustrations such as these.


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