Home Page Problem

[Guest theoldxpac]

Im currently having problems with my homepage, as it is set to about:blank, but loads up as some page called "Home search page" It has links for various crap on the internet. It also wont let me change the homepage back through the internet options menu, and gives me a shit load of pop ups, mainly saying i have spyware or viruses and need to click the link to download something to get rid of them. Occasionally the pop ups are porn.

 

Any ideas as i have already tried Norton, Spyware, Ad-Aware (Although i didnt delete everything that this came up with as there was way to much stuff to select to delete).

[the max]

Pinned thread has Spybot and HiJack This!, both of which will help you.

[Guest theoldxpac]

After about 5 runs of HiJack This it finally got rid of it. Thanks.

[Guest theoldxpac]

Ok maybe not, everything i deleted keeps coming back.

[nl5xsk1]

It sounds a lot like the problem that my family's PC is having ... is the webpage that springs up as the home page an IP address, rathar than a normal URL? Mine starts with an IP address that starts with 213.something.something.something.

 

Everything sounds the same, including the pop-up and the inability to change it back (even after running HiJack).

[mister foozel]

virus

 

norton sucks, by the way

 

try avg antivirus (its free), search on google.com because i dont know the link, pc housecall, spybot (another spyware remover)

 

hope that helps

[Guest Coffey]

No, it's spyware still. Get Ad-Aware 6 and then update it. Go to custom scan and select your entire computer. Run that sumbitch and delete anything that comes up. You'll be good to go.

[Guest I'm That Damn Zzzzz]

Download and run about:buster.