Homepage changed to an ad for anti spyware ran my anti spy ad & virus programs it won't let me change back
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Go to http://www.wilderssecurity.net and download a copy of SpywareBlaster. This program is 100% free and includes a tool that stops browser hijackers. It will also return your home page back to where it was. It also keeps spyware off of your system. I have been using it for a little over 3 years and I think it's great.
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It is possible that your windows computer is "infected" with some kind of spyware, you many options: - try this microsoft online scanner that might help clean out your "adware" problem: http://safety.live.com - click on "full scan"\nyour other option is to download a hugely popular web browser that competes with IE - FIREFOX at http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
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Use an anti-virus program, rather than anti-spyware. Also make sure you have a firewall up. Trojan means it's hidden in some other program, and installed secretly when you installed that program, so make sure you're not unknowingly putting it back on your computer yourself over and over.
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I recommend Adaware\n\nhttp://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5\n\nI find it to be very effective, and is good at finding and removing the majority of spyware on your computer.\n\nOh, and it's free free free - my favourite kind of price
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Try using Ewido, the malware and spyware scanner portion is free.\nIt scans and removes spyware that Ad-aware Personal SE and SpyBot Search & Destroy miss or cannot remove.\n\nDownload Ewido here:\nhttp://www.ewido.net/en/
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See if your toolbar has an "option" selection somewhere.  You should be able to make changes there.\n\nIf that doesn't work, try scanning your computer for spyware.  I've heard of some search bars being spyware.
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You may have a browser hijacker. Use these scans to remove it.\n\nSpybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\n\nhttp://superantispyware.com/\nSUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!\nEasily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!\nMake sure after you download any of these, that you update them.\n\n *Be sure to come back to Yahoo Q&A and vote for one of the answers as best answer!
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Try Adaware and Spybot
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This has happened to me a few times. I block all cookies and hasn't happened to me since. This is not cause by spy ware unless the website you went to was directly linked from the spy ware, another words, if you clicked on an ad.
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Most likely spyware has "hijacked" your browser's search engine.\n\nFreeware antispyware software (esp. SpyBot) are not the best to detect and clean spyware. Some antivirus software can detect it, but you may need to configure it for full detection, and it might be unable to clean it.\n\nTry Windows Defender, downloadable from http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx.  It's free.\n\nI recommend SpySweeper (http://www.webroot.com/) as I've found it can clean spyware other software can't. It costs US$30. You might want to try first a free scan (only) available on that page, to see if it can find out what you have.\n\nMeanwhile, you may consider stop using Microsoft Internet Explorer, and try Firefox instead. You get about the same functionality and it's less prone to spyware atacks than IE. At least you wouldn't get those nasty popups right now while you solve your problem. Available free at http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/....\n\nHope this helps.
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right hit ur explorer hit on properties . change ur home page. hit Apply & ok then lock ur home page so it can not rechange it self
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Hello!\n\nTypically these sorts of things are programmed to start up when your comptuer starts up and write over the value in the registry. Here is how to combat this.\n\n1. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/\n2. Download Microsoft Antispyware.\n3. Install Microsoft Antispyware.\n4. Set Microsoft Antispyware to automatically update, use their sentries, and send information to Spynet. These settings are the defaults the first time you run Antispyware.\n5. Delete the registry key and restart your system.\n\nIf the spyware is badly written and MS Antispyware is doing it's job, it should notice the attempt to change your browser settings as a hijack attempt and ask you to block it.\n\nLet me know how that goes.\n\nBrandon
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i donwloaded http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5\nand it did helped me to get rid of spyware
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Update your anti-virus or use AVG Free.\nGoto www.Lavasoft.com - download Ad-Aware SE  - free for personal use. Removes Adware.\nFind Spybot Search and Destroy, load, run - Removes Adware.\nRemember\nYou can only run 1 antivirus program at a time. Do a full virus scan on a weekly basis.\nYou can run more than 1 adware remover because they are manual scans initiated by you. Run about once a week.\nAlso, make sure you have a firewall.\n\nIt's up to you to defend yourself, Live, love, laugh, and always learn\nCiao,,,
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Not sure what you mean. You go to internet explorer, click on tools, then on internet options and change it there.  If it doesn't stay then you're probably infected with viruses/spyware.  They will "hijack" your homepage.  You will need to scan your system with a good virus/spyware scanner and clean it.
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Your pcs have been infected with adware/spyware! Please download a good quality adware scanner and run the scan! I'm sure this will help...\n\nTry these scanners:\n\n1. http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Plus-review/1200-2023_4-5157422.html?tag=antispy\n\n2. http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm-Anti-Spyware-review/1200-2023_4-5157450.html?tag=antispy\n\nOr go here for a list of all good software: http://www.download.com/Ten-Spyware-Killers//1200-2023_4-5157375.html?tag=hed
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You have gotten a spyware on your computer that is changing your homepage each time you open IE. Changing your homepage settings manually wont work, so you will have to get rid of it through an antispyware program. Here are the steps to removing a spyware effectively.\n\n1. Many people think running the spyware program helps. However you need to first stop it from booting up. To do this, type "MSCONFIG" in RUN and in the last tab called "Startup", uncheck the program that resembles "Great search results".\n\n2. Now you will need to eliminate the current running spyware. Use CTRL-ALT-Delete to end the process tree for that spyware program.\n\n3. NOW you run a Spyware Program. You can either get Spybot Search and Destroy or Adaware SE (both are free), or better yet, get both of them just in case one program doesnt catch a key or two. Both programs can be downloaded and read more about at www.pcworld.com/52516\n\n4. Run the spyware program, and finally set your Homepage to your original. Restart your Pc and the malware should be gone.