Gopher Search attached to my home page. How do I get rid of it? I don't like it because it has so many pop ups.
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Try your add/remove programme.\n\nAlso try ccleaner free and easy to use.\nHope this helps.\n\nGood Luck.
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Try Spybot and Ad-aware ... Use both for most effective removal ...
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Tools > Internet Options > Clear History\n\nalso\n\nGo to Favorites, if you see the link there, right click on it and choose delete.
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You need an anti-virus and an anti-spyware program.\nThe pop-ups are perhaps resulted some spyware activity. Visit the links below.
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I use a combination of Ewido anti-malware, Spybot S&D, and AdAware personal.  These can all be downloaded from www.majorgeeks.com.  I also use Google's toolbar - very excellent pop-up blocker.  Download it by going to www.google.com, clicking More, and choosing it from the list.
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Did you install a new antispyware? Try disabling any antispyware or pop up blockers you may have. \n\nAlso try another browser. If you have been using IE, try using Enigma browser.
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You must be using some sort of pop-up blocker. Try to disable it or try holding CTRL before clicking a link.
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I had this problem and hated it.  I'm assuming you are using Internet Explorer as your internet browser.  I tried numerous anti-spyware and anti-pop up programs, toolbars, etc., but with minimal success.  Then I realized it was probably because the pop ups are due to weak security in Internet Explorer (IE) and most of the companies that create the pop-ups create them specifically for IE.  \n\nWith that said, just download the Firefox browser (http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/) and make sure you make it your default browser.  Now, it's rare that I get a pop-up - only when I visit certain sites.  But in addition to no more pop-ups, I think it's a better browser.  That's my opinion, but it worked for me.
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Install an anti-spyware which also has a pop-up blocker.\nI strongly recommend Webroot SpySweeper, http://www.webroot.com/\nIt's cool, not heavy on the system resources, does the job extremely well, very customizable and the best !
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Download and install Fifefox, a much better browser and more secure than Interent Explored. You can get it from:\nhttp://www.mozilla.com/firefox/  It includes a pop up blocker.
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It's spyware. you have to get spybot to remove it.
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Get yourself a decent antivirus and antipopup like Norton, Symantec. \nSince I have it, no more popups etc...
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assuming you are using IE then I would go to Tools|internet options|general|history| and press clear history ;)
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"Search for Free" is spyware that you need to get ride of immediately. When your computer boots up and you access the internet and the search for free page loads go to the address bar and enter the address of your regular home page. Once that loads click on tools/internet option. In the top of this window you'll see an option to enter a default homepage. Select 'use current' which should be your regular homepage then select 'apply'. Now save this to your bookmarks ( this will allow you to get to your homepage more quickly, but has not fixed your problem). Next do a search for "search for free". You'll find several sites that give detailed instructions for removing this potentially dangerous spyware. FYI, I was hit by the same thing a few weeks ago and got so 'pee-ood' that I tracked down the owner of the site and want to take legal action.
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Try spybot search and destroy or download yahoo toolbar with antispy. Both are free. Keep in mind, if you downloaded something that has installed this stuff it will need to be uninstalled also!
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If you have saved a homepage and it's returning to "About:Blank" then it's likely you have spyware.\n\nIf it is spyware, here are a few items you can download to rid yourself of it, and they are all free:\n\nYahoo toolbar - toolbar.yahoo.com\nMicrosoft Windows Defender - microsoft.com, and look for it\nAd-Aware - ad-aware.com\nSpybot Search and Destroy - download.com\n\nSpyware tries to get you to search using their search engines, might change your homepage, might look for personal information about you, or at worse, will have a key logger to watch each key you hit and then send that information to someone else.
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This help article from Ask-Leo.com just came out today:\n\nhttp://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_clear_my_search_history_in_firefox.html\n\nplrr