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MS-DOSMicrosoft Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 6.2 for Support Professionals offers a course on this site.
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Windows 3.xBasic Microsoft Windows 3.x troubleshooting.
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Home Page ???
Your Home page has changed
There are a few reasons, why the change took place.
1. Your computer has been infected with a virus that changed your Internet Explorer home page.
For example, the IRC.Becky.A worm and Trojan.JS.Clid.gen trojan horse viruses change the Internet Explorer home page.
2. A code in the form of a malicious attack has been run on your computer.
For example, the JS.Exception.Exploit code may change the Internet Explorer home page.
3. This behavior can occur if you have downloaded a third party program from blah blah.com as part of its package. This program is placed in your Windows\System folder and a run-line entry is placed in the win.ini file that causes the home page to be reset automatically to http://www.blah blah.com. Additionally, Blah Blah .com adds a file called mouse_wc.exe to the Windows folder, and this program also runs when you start your computer.
Examples, a new search bar,like Common name, this will install Winnet,which is very hard to remove,as it attaches to server port,and reinstalls itself,if this is the case contact common name for the remover.Adding browser search bars is the most common change in the homepage,and most are easly removed.
The common classes of files left behind by intruders are
* Network Sniffers
A network sniffer is a utility which will monitor and log network activity to a file. Intruders commonly use network sniffers to capture username and password data that is passed in cleartext over the network. (see section C.5 below)
Sniffers are more common on UNIX systems, but on NT systems check for key logging programs.
* Trojan Horse Programs
Trojan horse programs are programs that appear to perform one function while actually performing a different function. Intruders use Trojan horse programs to hide their activity, capture username and password data, and create backdoors for future access to a compromised system.
Resolve
a. In internet Tools, at top of browser hit Options, delete the current homepage,type in your past home page or go to your favorite site, and and hit currnet page.
b. Clear all cookies, Cookie Removers empty all temp files,clear histroy file, and try (a.) again.Scrub XP the cleanup Tool
c. If this fails then you have a (BHO) Browser Hijack Object and will need to download a BHO Remover for the object.
there are several choices of these removers.
Hijackthis is a very good one but requires knowledge, but if you screew up don't fret it creates a backup prior to your changes. BHO Demon is another, again both of these will find the BHO and give you the options. These Programs will check the Registry and remove the entries made by the Hijacker.or Trojan.
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