recently, for some reason, my homepage address keep changing to this website. i went to internet options and change my homepage back, but after i turn off the computer, turn back on, use the internet, and that same stupid website address automatically set as my homepage address. it only happen when i turn off then back on the computer. i think somehow it must have load something in the autoexect.bat, so everytime i turn on the computer, it change my homepage address. i even tried to delete all the temporary internet files and all the cookies, still, it happened. i'm using win2000 with internet explore 5.0. back when i use win98, i can see what all is load by "run: msconfig". but with win2000, it doesn't let me. thanks for any help.
#2. "RE: homepage address" In response to 1l (Reply # 0)
That behavior can be atrributed to Syware. Also certain sites will do this. To be sure you don't have Syware, download and install Ad-aware from here. When you run the program and any is found, choose the option to delete but make sure you also take the option to backup.
i downloaded the spyware and installed it. i ran it, it found several spyware. i deleted it, change back my homepage, turn off and back on the computer, pop on the internet, and still it redirected my homepage. i forgot to backup, would that make any difference? thanks
#4. "RE: homepage address" In response to 1l (Reply # 3)
If you didn't download the RefUpdate program from the above link, do so and rerun Ad-aware. This catches newer versions of Ezula. Also review this to see if anything sticks out.