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Old 01-12-2005, 05:42 PM
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Microsoft Home Search

I do not know if anyone can help me, Microsoft for some reason keeps setting home search as my homepage, I continue to try to delete it and use my own homepage to no avail, this happened to me before some time ago, I am getting fed up with it ruling my computer, these days with viruses and bugs alone is enough to contend with, without this home search sabotaging my computer. I at one point seriously felt like slinging the thing out of the window, what gives Microsoft the right to disable my home page for their Home search, if this continues I shall use another company. Anybody else come across this problem, I imagine they have?
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Old 01-13-2005, 10:46 AM
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Microsoft is not setting your home page, it's one of the few thing they leave be...you have some form of spyware or virus(spyware and virus are almost the same now). My best advise is...
download adware, let it update then use the full scan option.
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10...age&tag=button

some browser jackers dont go so easy, so if you still have the issue after adaware try cw shredder.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

it's always a good idea to double check your on-board virus scan with a on-line virus scan, they pick up things missed by yours.
http://www.pandasoftware.com/actives..._principal.htm

all above is free, as safe as I know of and should fix you up.
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Old 01-13-2005, 12:00 PM
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Hi,
Thanks play the odds for your advice it is much appreciated, I had the problem before and successfully removed it using unistall home search which worked before but for some reason I cannot emulate that again. I will certainly take your advice.
Best wishes Rich (U.K.)
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