John
April 6th 04, 10:40 PM
On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 11:13:07 GMT, §kullywag©- >
wrote:
>On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 20:28:03 -0800, John > wrote:
>
>>
>>A couple times I go to the http://www.cdcovers.cc/ to pick up a CD
>>cover.
>>
>>Seems like everytime I go there I get this home page taking over my IE
>>homepage.
>>
>> http://default-homepage-network.com/indexNEW.html
>>
>>Can anybody tell me how to stop this guy from changing my homepage.
>>
>>I'm using Kelly's #63. Home Page Lock for Internet Explorer and my
>>homepage in Tools is greyed out.
>>
>>Ad aware finds and removes it... but is there a better way to keep him
>>out.
>>
>>Appreciate the help
>Yes. Install a good popup blocker, and make sure your Windows Updates
>are current. There is a fairly recent patch to help prevent the
>"highjacking" of homepages via java. If you don't visit online game
>sites, you MIGHT consider disabling java all together......java does
>more harm than good (in my opinion).
>Concider yourself lucky so far. There are highjackers out there that
>adaware can't cure.
>
>
§kullywag©-
wrote:
>On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 20:28:03 -0800, John > wrote:
>
>>
>>A couple times I go to the http://www.cdcovers.cc/ to pick up a CD
>>cover.
>>
>>Seems like everytime I go there I get this home page taking over my IE
>>homepage.
>>
>> http://default-homepage-network.com/indexNEW.html
>>
>>Can anybody tell me how to stop this guy from changing my homepage.
>>
>>I'm using Kelly's #63. Home Page Lock for Internet Explorer and my
>>homepage in Tools is greyed out.
>>
>>Ad aware finds and removes it... but is there a better way to keep him
>>out.
>>
>>Appreciate the help
>Yes. Install a good popup blocker, and make sure your Windows Updates
>are current. There is a fairly recent patch to help prevent the
>"highjacking" of homepages via java. If you don't visit online game
>sites, you MIGHT consider disabling java all together......java does
>more harm than good (in my opinion).
>Concider yourself lucky so far. There are highjackers out there that
>adaware can't cure.
>
>
§kullywag©-