I got a virus on my internet explorer?
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Hi. Everytime I login to Windows (XP proffesional, btw) my internet explorer´s start up page is one that I never knew of, and is actually one that I don´t really like... what´s going on? How do I stop this from happening? It´s really annoying and it´s giving me the chills already. Can anyone please help?! 10x in advance for reading this. Pablo.ar We live to code. This is OUR religion.
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Hi. Everytime I login to Windows (XP proffesional, btw) my internet explorer´s start up page is one that I never knew of, and is actually one that I don´t really like... what´s going on? How do I stop this from happening? It´s really annoying and it´s giving me the chills already. Can anyone please help?! 10x in advance for reading this. Pablo.ar We live to code. This is OUR religion.
It sounds like some program is running on startup which is setting the start page. I suggest getting hold of Sysinternals' Autoruns[^] program to check what's running at startup. You could also try one of the anti-spyware programs, such as Ad-Aware. If you suspect a virus, you could try AVG Free Edition[^]. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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Hi. Everytime I login to Windows (XP proffesional, btw) my internet explorer´s start up page is one that I never knew of, and is actually one that I don´t really like... what´s going on? How do I stop this from happening? It´s really annoying and it´s giving me the chills already. Can anyone please help?! 10x in advance for reading this. Pablo.ar We live to code. This is OUR religion.
Sure, you have a virus in your computer. This virus name trojan.horse or backdoor (maybe). My computer at the workplace is inffected with this virus too. To solve it, first disable system restore in the windows registry, then run your computer in safe mode and start norton (if you use norton anti-virus) to scan for an inffect file. Roath Kanel APO-CEDC Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
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It sounds like some program is running on startup which is setting the start page. I suggest getting hold of Sysinternals' Autoruns[^] program to check what's running at startup. You could also try one of the anti-spyware programs, such as Ad-Aware. If you suspect a virus, you could try AVG Free Edition[^]. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
Thanks Mike, the 'AutoRuns' did work perfectly, and I found a very suspicious .js file running at start-up wich I deleted from the start-up process (it was c:/windows/tlc.js). I´ll tell you if it really worked after I re-boot and see the results. Pablo.Ar We live to code. This is OUR religion.