Use Internet Options found in the Control Panel [and through Tools on IE's
menu].

First clear the browser's cache / history / Temporary Internet files etc.
completely.

Check what is your actual homepage.

Check what plug-ins are installed and running (BHOs etc.) and turn off any
suspicious.

Make sure your browser's Internet Security zone to at least medium-high
[note: that if you set it too high such as to fully Restricted, many sites
will not work].

Make sure your anti-spyware isn't spyware itself. There's lots of bogus
stuff out there. Use a known-good anti-spyware and anti-virus e.g. Grisoft's
AVG, or Avast!, Microsoft's own Windows Defender etc. etc.

[url]http://free.grisoft.com[/url]

Then run your known-good anti-spyware and anti-virus.

If this doesn't work, take Malke's advice.

What would I do if I found my browser hijacked? To be honest, I'd freak and
reinstall Windows - but that's just me and I've taken the time to make
harddrive images etc. etc.

Saucy



"LMO" <lmo01******.com> wrote in message news:h2hn0e$v4r$1@aioe.org...[color=blue]
> Aloha all.
> Many of my searches in IE get hijacked to places like "Coupon Mountain."
> etc. When
> I do a search, and click on a site, I'm sent to one of these engines
> instead
> of the site I wanted. If I go back to the search, then click on the wanted
> site again, I am then sent to the correct site, but many of my first
> clicks
> end up hijacked to one of these unwanted engines.
> I do weekely spy cleaning and virus cleanings. Is this problem on the net,
> or something on my PC (Vista)? If the latter, anything I can do about it?
> I asked this on the IE NG, but got no replies.
> Thanks!
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