These page hijackings should be detectable by using the online scanners offered by various vendors, usually you'd have to run their spyware scanners as this is the category these hijackers belong to.
It is most likely a Browser Helper Object, service, shortcut modification or even a simple registry hack that performs this hijacking, and therefore it is usually easy to detect, though a little harder to remove. What I usually do to prevent this, is to create a special shortcut for my browser that runs the browser with the parameter of the home page that I want, i.e. i run "iexplorer.exe" www.google.com which should always bring me to the google page even though another startup page is defined. Kent On Sep 23, 7:24 pm, SteveW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It might help others to know what is the software or the website it is > from. > > You're supposed to be able to set your start page manually in IE7 and > Firefox. > > IE7 = Tools > Internet Options > General (tab). Type the home page you > want in the box. > Firefox = Tools > Options > Main (tab). In the Startup section, type > the home page you want in the box. > > If those don't work, you should do a virus scan. > In fact, do a virus scan anyway, even if those do work. > > On Sep 22, 8:44 pm, thunderhands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > They have you download software and its free if you use their start > > page. That said: they say if you don't like their software you just > > uninstall it and you can have your start page back. I uninstalled it, > > because it didn't work anyway, and my start page is constantly being > > taken over...can you help me with this? Is there a file planted > > somewhere?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message through the Google Groups "stopbadware" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stopbadware?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
