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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Tom on July 04, 2002, 12:14:24 AM
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My home page is constantly being changed to istarthere.com. I have no freaking idea where that came from. However often I change it back, it always seems to replace itself into istarthere (I usually use yahoo.com as my home). Can anybody explain to me how/why this keeps changing, and how I might prevent this from happening? It\'s getting real irritating having to change my homepage every 10 minutes. :mad:
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i assume that you when you click on I.E the first page you see is istarthere.com the easiest way to fix this is
tools>inet options>general>type the homepage you want>apply
if this dosent fix it then your computer is posessed.
:)
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do the above first, then try eliminating any spyware that might be on your comp. it might be a hidden prog that\'s changin your homepage.
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Originally posted by Tyrant_246
i assume that you when you click on I.E the first page you see is istarthere.com the easiest way to fix this is
tools>inet options>general>type the homepage you want>apply
if this dosent fix it then your computer is posessed.
:)
Thats what I keep doing, but it keeps changing back after awhile. I have no idea why. But thanks for the advice.
:)
do the above first, then try eliminating any spyware that might be on your comp. it might be a hidden prog that\'s changin your homepage.
Excuse my computer ignorance, but whats spyware and how do I accomplish that?
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it\'s a trojan horse that companies upload into your comp that spies on you, I\'m not sure if any spyware out there changes your homepage, but it\'s worth a try. To remove it go to download.com and get addaware.
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Sounds good...I\'ll let you know what happens. From what I can tell, it came in sometime when I was downloading Britney Spears porno. Thats as far back as I can remember the problem going...
Huh? Um, I don\'t download porn...really. :shy:
;)
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you could also try checking your add/remove section under Control Panel.
Uninstall anything that looks strange etc. Stuff you know you haven\'t installed.
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Yea, a lot of crap usually comes bundled and some people just miss it and let it be installed..
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go to http://www.lavasoft.nu and download adaware. This is the kind of crap that people can do to Windows. Also some webpages will reset your homepage as well. At least they could pre IE 6.0 and I don\'t know if they still can.
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Is that adaware stuff free?
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Yup Adaware is free, and it kicks ass. If you have Kazaa you can\'t delete a certain file though or it will stop working.
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You can\'t delete the ezula main or whatever if you have kazaa. I\'ve done that about 3 times, arr, such a hassle.
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Run KazaaLite instead of Kazaa.
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What exactly is spyware? Do companies look at e-mails, view what you do on the internet? If so, how do I know if I\'m being spied on?
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Basically everything you do on the net and on your computer is recorded to a file. Every now and then this file is sent off to somewhere without your knowledge. They then take that information to see what advertising worked best for you and what kind of ads you responded to etc etc. Basically its a marketing tool that sucks up to much memory.
Oh and even with Kazaa Lite you still cannot delete the file cdclint.dll or something like that, if you do its stops working. That files is a dummy so the program thinks the real spyware file is still there.
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Where can I get kazaalite? Sounds like much less of a hassle than to delete spyware files every so often.
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I was organizing my desktop and stopped to get a coke. When I came back to my computer, I noticed the arrow cursor turn into an hourglass then back to the arrow. I wondered what that was, as there were no pop-ups or anything. Then it hit me- my page just got changed! I checked and sure enough, it happened again! It hit me that I could have a virus, so I downloaded Digital Patrol and checked it out. My computer was clean, though. As of right now, I\'m going to download adaware and see where that gets me.
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Okay. Ran adaware. It says that I have 31 suspicious components, 10 keys and 21 files. At the screen where it shows those things, how do I know if I should delete them or not?
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I love adaware. w00. damn you kazaa. w00t for kazaalite
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Backup the items before you delete them. There is a .dll or program or whatnot that is part of Kazaa, unless u have Kazaa lite.
All the registry keys are safe to delete.
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Update- some of the bottom keys were labeled "Istarthere", so badda bing, badda boom, no more Istarthere. Turns out they had invaded my computer. Bastards. Anyway, thanks for the tip Rob. Worked like a charm.
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u mean thanks to Rob, and theomen.
I get no damn love around here, I help people and get jack squat in return! :)
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Yeah, double thanks to Theomen for bringing the idea up. :)
Worked great. :bounce:
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You shouldn\'t mess with the stuff in the registry when using adaware though right?
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That\'s the stuff you need to delete. If you\'re ever in doubt you can backup the keys before you delete them.
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I\'m scared.........