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Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Rogue_Ambush on December 06, 2003, 10:58:02 AM

I have a dumb issue but I can;t seem to figure it out...

I usually set all my PC's home pages to ...Well...
AMBUSHSITE .COM of course...

Anyway, every couple of initiations of Explorer, my home page changes to some search engine, I think it's called ZIPSEARCH?

I keep entering the ambushsite and reset the home page to current and it works a couple of times...

Any suggestions? I am a little new at XP in this area. I have not seen this before..

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: opiesilver on December 06, 2003, 01:34:26 PM

Your homepage is being hijacked.  You have some of that nasty spyware on your system.  I'd suggest doing two things.

1.  Do a search on Ad Aware, download and install it.
2.  Use a virus scanner on your system as soon as you can.

This will wipe out quite a bit of the problems you are having.

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: opiesilver on December 06, 2003, 01:35:12 PM

Do you have cable yet?  I'm feeling the need to frag you and Kenny sometime soon.

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Rogue_Ambush on December 06, 2003, 03:43:28 PM

No cable, just a little dish on the roof. Can't game online... Sorry

I will check the AD AWARE...

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: ZWarrior on December 06, 2003, 04:43:56 PM

Ya know the funniest thing here?

That is his 3rd or 4th ID!

As far as the problem...
You have installed an app that hijacked your browser and, most likely, your hosts file.

Adaware may help with that.  Also check http://www.spywareinfo.com.

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Spade on December 09, 2003, 03:17:17 PM

DOH!  When you can't remember you ID then I guess you just make a new one....:lol:

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: ZWarrior on December 09, 2003, 07:32:36 PM

Or you email the webmaster and he tells you. ;)

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: opiesilver on December 09, 2003, 08:36:32 PM

Is that a good enough excuse for him to reload the OS?  Just wondering if old habits still exist.

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: ZWarrior on December 10, 2003, 08:28:51 AM

No Comment!

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: JollyRoger on December 10, 2003, 10:22:19 AM

go to Download AdAware 6.0
Run The update on it
run AdAware
Then You Should be clean, I have to do this about every 2 weeks.

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: JollyRoger on December 10, 2003, 10:23:17 AM

Ahh, Goto http://www.lavasoft.de
and follow the above

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: ZWarrior on December 10, 2003, 11:47:54 AM

I use AdAware and also a second one, Spybot S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download)

One usually finds things the other didn't.  As a bonus, SpyBot S&D will patch you hosts file to defeat a lot of the pop-ups.

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Morpheus on December 10, 2003, 04:05:01 PM

or reload the OS....it's fun to do, and if you do it often enough you get to talk with someone at microsoft to activate it again...they might even have a sexy voice! :lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: opiesilver on December 11, 2003, 07:48:22 AM

You mean they don't answer the phone for him "Oh Hi, it's you again"!

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Spade on December 11, 2003, 03:15:49 PM

It is bad when you know a freind of yours has a speed dial number to Microsoft and they via caller ID route him directly to the reload support helpdesk.  :lol

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: ZWarrior on December 11, 2003, 06:36:16 PM

Is that Wolvy, Boomslang, or Rogue?

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: n1c on December 12, 2003, 12:25:14 PM

that would be me if i dident bypass the registration prosses

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: ZWarrior on December 12, 2003, 03:43:50 PM

Now THAT"S what I would post in the public forums!

:lol

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Fraggster on December 12, 2003, 04:02:46 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Dragon Master
that would be me if i dident bypass the registration prosses

I shall repot you to microsuck now:D


hehe i dont have to activate my xp pro8/:rolling

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Rogue_Ambush on December 18, 2003, 10:22:39 PM

I have only reloaded XP 5 times this year. I think I am, doing good... Ummm it's the others I have reloaded allot. Like ME, and 98. I think I have reloaded in all maybe thirty times in 2003. Not a new record mind you, but a healthy maintenance of one...

By the way, I know know a couple of people at MS. Is that not normal? I think I now have my own hotline to them...

[Edited on 12-19-2003 by Rogue_Ambush]

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Rogue_Ambush on December 18, 2003, 10:25:30 PM

By the way, I think ole SPADEY is about two weeks from being online. just an FYI. His post above was from work... He cheated!

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: opiesilver on December 19, 2003, 03:32:31 AM

Ever thought about using Ghost once you have installed an acceptable image?

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: n1c on December 19, 2003, 11:21:18 AM

thats what I do ! ! ! ! works like a charm. . .

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: n1c on December 19, 2003, 11:21:55 AM

its about 10 times faster too....

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: ZWarrior on December 20, 2003, 09:59:10 AM

Ya know, that's a good question Rogue, how is it that you DON'T use ghost?

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Boomslang on December 20, 2003, 08:43:35 PM

I've used it for years only thing is you have to have a second H/D spooky huh:lol

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Rogue_Ambush on December 30, 2003, 10:45:51 PM

Ghost would be ok... I guess I never gave it much thought...

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: opiesilver on December 31, 2003, 04:07:09 AM

I am NOT going to say it.............

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Boomslang on December 31, 2003, 08:03:48 AM

Rogue the misses and I will be in KC this weekend if you and maybe Spade want to get together Saturday evening?

:hotbouns::clap:

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Boomslang on July 13, 2004, 07:20:43 AM

Quote

Originally posted by opiesilver
Your homepage is being hijacked.  You have some of that nasty spyware on your system.  I'd suggest doing two things.

1.  Do a search on Ad Aware, download and install it.
2.  Use a virus scanner on your system as soon as you can.

This will wipe out quite a bit of the problems you are having.

I have had two peeps with this problem and it didn't fix it.

http://www.komando.com/tips_show.asp?showID=7073

http://www.mytechsupport.ca/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2335

 http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
 

Had the go here and do the things they said. No good, still high jacked Do you have any answers?

[Edited on 7-13-2004 by Boomslang]

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: ZWarrior on July 13, 2004, 10:14:44 PM

Post in the Spywareinfo forums (http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?s=914f452ac939106e7d257ccf61de3c5f&showforum=18)  and see what they can do.

Title: Home Page in XP
Post by: Boomslang on August 18, 2004, 05:14:19 PM

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1620

Heres some helpfull things