cant change homepage

asdf · 02-10-2005, 04:08 PM

i cant change my homepage....everytime I open internet explorer it goes to this "about:blank" page.....i want to set it as yahoo.ca...but when i try to change it in the internet options and then click apply....it still doesnt work..and when i open internet explorer again..it still goes to "about:blank".....what can i do to fix this?

dave597 · 02-10-2005, 11:03 PM

u could switch to firefox, or, use microsoft anti-spyware and use browser hijack restore to set default pages properly, assuming of course you had previous spyware.

SlothX311 · 02-11-2005, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave597

u could switch to firefox, or, use microsoft anti-spyware and use browser hijack restore to set default pages properly, assuming of course you had previous spyware.

thats not the answer man

deff spyware....sounds like a simpe fix, just empty out your temporary internet files and stuff like that....also browse your add/ remove programs to see if anything is in there that you dont recognize, cause chances are that you didnt install it

Kboy · 02-11-2005, 03:10 AM

Yeah, it's gotta be spyware, but sometimes its harder to get rid of that kinda stuff that just clearing temp internet files and looking for it in the programs list. Get some anti-spyware software. There's a lotta good free ones, and Microsoft has a free one out now that I use, and it works pretty well. If you have XP, you can download it on the windows home page.

b3n · 02-12-2005, 07:46 AM

I had this problem, its spyware. use Ad-Aware.

dave597 · 02-12-2005, 10:28 AM

i thought it was a bug in internet explorer. why would spyware force a homepage to about:blank. normally its something more extreme, hence the name browser hijack.

02-10-2005, 04:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
asdf New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6	cant change homepage i cant change my homepage....everytime I open internet explorer it goes to this "about:blank" page.....i want to set it as yahoo.ca...but when i try to change it in the internet options and then click apply....it still doesnt work..and when i open internet explorer again..it still goes to "about:blank".....what can i do to fix this?

02-10-2005, 11:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	u could switch to firefox, or, use microsoft anti-spyware and use browser hijack restore to set default pages properly, assuming of course you had previous spyware. __________________ dual monitor 17" CRT and TFT amd athlon 64 3200+ ati 9600 pro 1 gig ram

02-11-2005, 03:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
Kboy Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Knoxville Age: 19 Posts: 124	Yeah, it's gotta be spyware, but sometimes its harder to get rid of that kinda stuff that just clearing temp internet files and looking for it in the programs list. Get some anti-spyware software. There's a lotta good free ones, and Microsoft has a free one out now that I use, and it works pretty well. If you have XP, you can download it on the windows home page. __________________ And on the eighth day God created the PC, and it was not so good. :)

02-12-2005, 07:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
b3n VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 373	I had this problem, its spyware. use Ad-Aware. __________________ WinXP Home SP2 Intel Celeron D 3.1ghz XFX nVidia Geforce4 MX4000 128mb AGP 8x 512mb RAM 160 HD (2x80GB) Lite-On DL CDRW/DVD -/+ R RW 16x 17" LCD - 1280x1024@75hz www.glaciagames.com

02-12-2005, 10:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	i thought it was a bug in internet explorer. why would spyware force a homepage to about:blank. normally its something more extreme, hence the name browser hijack. __________________ dual monitor 17" CRT and TFT amd athlon 64 3200+ ati 9600 pro 1 gig ram

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