John
April 6th 04, 10:48 PM
On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 09:49:24 -0700, John > wrote:
>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©-
>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©-