| Author | Message | ||
     CALM (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 1051 Registered: 11-2002 |
Every time i open up internet explorer there is this blue search bar: http://hummer.usc.edu/hummer/disco.jpg. Well it was fine in the begining, but now it is annoying. It is slowing down my computer since every time i change a website it changes the other links. So my question is does anyone know how i might get rid of this. I tried to uninstall it with the control panel, but it isn't listed. So anyone have an idea? Thanks Chris | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 63 Registered: 10-2003 |
well, at least its a pretty search bar...I don't know what causes it. Somehow my homepage keeps getting changed, to some search site. | ||
| CALM (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 1052 Registered: 11-2002 |
well everytime i change the page my screen shakes and it is freaking annoying. I hate it! | ||
| Andrew Maier (Newman) Senior Member Username: Newman Post Number: 380 Registered: 04-2003 |
Go through your IE options -- there's got to be a switch to flip or box to uncheck to turn it off. Andy | ||
| Mark & Bev Preston (Markp) Member Username: Markp Post Number: 237 Registered: 02-2002 |
Two items: Under Tools/Internet Options - change your home page to whatever you want Adware/Spyware - you may have Adware/Spyware that is changing things for you. Go to http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm On the right side of this page is a link to Adware Uninstallers. Lavasoft makes a good one called AD-aware. | ||
| CALM (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 1053 Registered: 11-2002 |
Andrew: I went through and can not find it. Mark: My homepage is what i want it to be, and I have Ad-aware and have run it, yet it does not pick it up. | ||
| Mike (Mikem) Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 57 Registered: 02-2003 |
try this: http://www.mozilla.org/ | ||
| Andrew Maier (Newman) Senior Member Username: Newman Post Number: 381 Registered: 04-2003 |
Mozilla Firebird is a great browser -- I usually use it at home, with no problems! No pop-ups, no pop-unders, no kidding!  Andy | ||
| CALM (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 1054 Registered: 11-2002 |
Mike you like mozilla? I am going to try it, but it looks a lot like netscape. | ||
| Mark & Bev Preston (Markp) Member Username: Markp Post Number: 238 Registered: 02-2002 |
Try Opera @ http://www.opera.com IE is soooo old. I like Opera's ability to have multiple open sessions (web sites) within one Opera launch. | ||
| Mike (Mikem) Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 58 Registered: 02-2003 |
I use Mozilla on Windows 2K, Linux and Solaris. Opera is good too. Both Mozilla and Opera support tabbed browsing (multiple sessions in one window). Mozilla has execellent popup control. I don't remember the last time I saw a popup or popunder ad. My favorite opera feature is the ability to easily change the id string. You can make the browser identify as IE for those sites that are "IE only". | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 70 Registered: 10-2003 |
I keep changing my homepage back to here, but it keeps changing....now it's directNIC, I figure it's not spyware cuz i'm not getting pop-ups. Mike, Mark, etc. I have no idea what y'all are talking about...I think i'm to old for this stuff. | ||
| Mark & Bev Preston (Markp) Member Username: Markp Post Number: 239 Registered: 02-2002 |
Sure sounds like your systems have been hijacked by a spyware/adware trojans. Take a look at this site: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html Page down and try running the CWShredder. Another site to investigate is http://www.cexx.org Under Ad Nauseam click on Adware/Spyware. Scroll down about 1/2 way and there is a section on Homepage Hijackers. Good luck. | ||
| Curtis N (Curtis) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Curtis Post Number: 881 Registered: 05-2002 |
I had my wifes PC screwed by visiting mp3.com. It truly was a nightamre to get everything off. Thier site did everything from installing 37 apps to changing registry values. I have been an IT consultant since I was very young and it took three hours of work to get her system back to normal. If and when you get this resolved pay close attention to what you do with pop-ups. Some of them are savy enough to install the app or system change as an option when you close them out. They succeed in this by delivering so many pop-ups that you do not take the time to read how the service is delivered. Take a look at what you can remove through Strat/Control Panel/Add-Remove programs as a beginnnig. This may not solve the problem, but it will get you on the way. The other solutions remain in the "regedit" and "sysedit" commands, but I am not going to go itno this as dangers that are worse may happen unless you know your stuff. -Curtis | ||
| Steve Cooper (Scrover) Senior Member Username: Scrover Post Number: 553 Registered: 09-2002 |
'REGEDIT', don't go there Brisket Boy. Download an evaluation of Adaware and/or Pest Control. You'll be surprised what is living in your PC SC | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Senior Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 363 Registered: 04-2003 |
I would suggest using spybot myself, it can also lock down all changes to the options page of you IE as well as lock down your registry if I recall correctly. Sypbot is free, they just ask for a donation. (If it works, give them a couple $ for the headache that it saved you) No I am not in any way affiliated with them. Just like the product. http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 76 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thanks Mark! |
