why does winfixer.com come up when i want to check my yahoo e-mail address?
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You are infected with SpyWare. Get a scanning program to clean it.
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very easy \nit depands on ur softwere hich is doing it ,if u have gogle toolbar or yahoo toolbar under to address bar u can find an icon for it when u stop on it it says pop up bloker
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NO,\nmv1.www.yahoo.com is NOT a PHISHER Site.\nI don't know exactly why it keeps coming up but when I bounce back to Yahoo I get that page every time.  I know it is not a Phisher site because it is my shortcut, and when it started coming I double checked on it.\n\nI have set my homepage to Yahoo My Page and that works fine.\n\nAnother check is that when I go to My Mail I get things that most people don't know about like my avatar and the log in takes me to my email.  I also get customizations like my nickname that is different from that what appears on Yahoo Answers or my Email.\n\nThe final check is that it is still Yahoo.com that you are going to and Yahoo controls everything at their domain so you can safely go to mv1.yahoo.com with no fear.
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You may have more than 1 pop up blocker software installed. Win XP Service pack 2 has a pop up blocker as well as Yahoo & Google toolbars and there are many more, some are included with antivirus software.
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Winfixer is not going to be easy to unstall. Here is the link to removal instructions and the free tools you will need to clean up your comp.\nhttp://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Spyware_Information/Winfixer_Removal.html\nGood luck.
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Its an Adware ! Get a anti-spy installed, scan your pc & remove the adware. For adware install spybot or ccleaner from download.com\n\nOR simply download yahoo tollbar with anti-spy & perform the scan immediately.
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Sounds like you have an activate spyware keylogger on your computer most internet service providers have antispyware programs to help get rid of spyware, adware, and other types of malware. This toolbar provided by yahoo has antispyware while it doesn't catch everything it does help. \nhttp://toolbar.yahoo.com/
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You presumable have some sort of spyware installed. Probably when you downloaded another program like a toolbar(but not Yahoo or Google toolbar).\n\nFirst go to Ad-Remove Programs and see if something odd is there, if so, Remove it. But if you're unsure don't\n\nThen download and run ad-aware. It will vert likely solve your problem.
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-  Browser performance can be slow \n-  Possible pop-up ads display, search redirects\n- "Windows" errors can be caused\n-  System crashes and restarts can occur\n\nTo remove Winfixer from your computer system, please follow the steps provided in below website.\n\nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic18610.html\n\nhttp://www.spyany.com/program/article_adw_rm_WinFixer_2005.html\n\nYou may download and install XoftSpy software on your computer from the link provided below:\n\nhttp://xoftspy.com\n\nNow run this tool on your computer.\n\nYou may also follow the steps provided below: \n\nStep 1: Boot the computer into safe mode \n\nTo start your computer in Safe mode, follow these steps: \n\n1. Click Start, click Turn Off Computer, and then click Restart.  \n1. Restart the computer. After the Power On Self Test (POST), press the F8 key. \n2. On the Windows Advanced Options menu, use the ARROW keys to select Safe Mode, and then press ENTER. \nNOTE: If you have difficulty getting to the Safe mode menu command, press F8 repeatedly after you turn on the computer. \n3. When you are prompted to select the operating system to start, select Microsoft Windows XP edition (where edition is the edition of Windows XP that is installed), and then press ENTER. \n4. On the To begin, click your user name screen, click Administrator or with another account that has Administrator permissions.   \n5. Type the administrator password, and then press ENTER.\nNote In some cases, the Administrator password may be set to a blank password. In this case, do not type a password before you press ENTER. \n6. Click Yes to acknowledge that Windows is running in safe mode.  \n\nStep 2: Uninstall WinFixer. Booting the computer into safe mode disables third party programs to load. \n\n1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. \n2. Click Add or Remove Programs\n3. From the Currently installed programs list, select the program that you want to remove, and then click Remove or Change/Remove. \n4. If prompted, click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the program, and then click OK. \n5. Close Control Panel.\n6. Open Windows Explorer (right click on Start and then click on explore). Locate and delete the following folders and files \n- Folders:\n\nC:&#92;Program Files&#92;WinFixer 2005\n\n- Files:\n\nc:&#92;windows&#92;system32&#92;gknssv.exe\nc:&#92;windows&#92;system32&#92;rwtozt.exe\nC:&#92;Documents and Settings&#92;Scola&#92;Application Data&#92;hgv?e.exe\nC:&#92;WINDOWS&#92;System32&#92;r?ndll32.exe (make sure that you do not delete the legitimate file rundll32.exe).\n\n7. Clear out the files in the Prefetch folder. Go to Start> run> type into the box Prefetch. It will open the folder Prefetch. Delete all the files in that folder. Do not delete the folder, only the files in it.\n8. Reboot the computer in Normal Mode. \n\nIf the above steps do not resolve your issue then please visit the following websites:\n\nhttp://www.spyware-removal-guideline.com/winfixer-removal\n\nhttp://www.virusspy.com/spyware/removewinfixer.html\n\nhttp://sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.vundo.removal.tool.html\n\nIf the issue persists, I would like to inform you that by using the System Restore feature, a computer system can be restored (rolled back) to a time before certain events occurred. System Restore monitors changes to the computer and to some program files, and automatically creates restore points. \n\nIf you would like to use the System Restore tool to return your computer to a previous working state, please use these steps:\n\n1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Restore. System Restore starts. \n2. On the Welcome to System Restore page, click Restore my computer to an earlier time (if it is not already selected), and then click Next. \n3. On the Select a Restore Point page, click a system checkpoint in the On this list or click a restore point list, and then click Next. A System
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I am trying to sign in for the secont time. I did one a while ago. It tells me my e-mail address has already been used.
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I work at my university's Help Desk and I might know the answer to this.  There are alot of browser issues that can occur when trying to open certain websites, such as the one you might use to check your email.  Also, some password prompts and inboxes appear as pop-ups which are blocked by IE as a default.  On a PC (assumed since you are not using Safari) go up to where it says file, edit, view, favorites, tools and help:  tools-> popup blocker and either turn it off while trying to access your email... \n\nor choose 'internet options' under tools and then under the privacy tab there is an icon for trusted sites.  After clicking the trusted sites icon, select "Sites" from below the icon list and add the website where you check your mail at (http://www.yahoo.com or http://mail.hotmail.com), but make sure that this address is correct.  There is a check box below the list of trusted sites, if this is checked it requires HTTPS verification.  If you do not recieve your mail from a server (ie just HTTP) make sure this box is not selected otherwise IE will not alow you to save the site. \n\nOther things can block popups, too; such as Norton Internet Security, google/yahoo toolbars, and most internet browsers and some ISPs (internet service providers, AOL, SBC/ATT).  \n\nThere are many, many more browser reasons why you may not be able to view your email using a specific browser such as Java and cookie settings.  SBC/ATT and MSN use a default IE broswer that doesnt allow some java and selective pop ups.  If you use either of these ISP's you might be able to use an external IE browser, try going to (again, PC assumed) start -> programs -> internet explorer.
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Do you mean when you start to type an address, a drop-down menu appears with other addresses you've visited? If so, and you want to stop your computer from doing that, do this (in Internet Explorer):\n\nClick on "Tools".\nClick on "Internet Options".\nClick on the "Content" tab.\nIn the Personal Information" section, click on "Auto Complete".\nThen uncheck "Web Addresses".\nClick OK.\nClick OK (again).\n\nThat will stop the addresses from appearing and you will not have to (repeated/periodically) "clear history".
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Sounds like your mail settings aren't correct.  If you're using Outlook it will be in Tools Accounts, check with your mail provider.
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Just go to www.yahoo.com and sign up.  It's free.  I've been with them for years and there's never been a problem with spam or pesty pop-ups.
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No, Big site like Yahoo registers many like named site to prevent phishing.\nYou will not that though you have typed yahoo.com./\nyou were redirected to yahoo.com/
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I don't know why this happens but I used to get the same notice long before I started using the Yahoo sites. I found that if I quickly unchecked the little box that says "microsoft will restart your computer" and then clicked the x in the corner of the box, nothing would happen and I could continue on. You have to be fast! I think it must be a virus though because I upgraded my security service, downloaded Spybot Search & Destroy and Adaware from Lava Soft along with Yahoo's Anti-Spy which got rid of a lot of spyware, malware and viruses, and I haven't had the problem since.
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Assuming your an Administrator user, I think it's one of three things:\n\n1.  A symptom of a "Browser Hijack".  Scan your computer with software like Lavasoft Ad-Aware with up-to-date definitions.\n\n2.  Some other email program is being a little too agressive in making sure it provides you with that "maintenance free" "always reliable" experience.\n\n3.  Just one of those things.  You can do a repair install of Internet Explorer (which is the code behind most of what you see in "Internet Options" whether you're actually using IE or not) by going to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and selecting Internet Explorer, then choosing the "Repair" option. On your system, it may or may not look like this:\nhttp://www.aceexplorer.com/repairie.htm\n\nOf course, you say that Outlook is your default email program.  If it's actually working correctly as your default email program - it opens up outlook when you click on an email link - then I would stop after looking at number one and leave well enough alone.