rooman Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 In IE, Firefox and the file explorer, I'm returned to the first page whatever the new page chosen and whatever the means, link, address direct, shortcut etc. Impossible to use the machine. Spybot and Avast up to date. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 In IE, Firefox and the file explorer, I'm returned to the first page whatever the new page chosen and whatever the means, link, address direct, shortcut etc. Impossible to use the machine. Spybot and Avast up to date. Any ideas?What about an AV program and firewall? Run an on line scan here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Is the page you are always returned to the same one each time? Or do you mean the first page you went to when you began surfing?Which version of IE are you using? If it's IE7 click on the little house (top right) & it will tell you all your home pages & let you change them if you want to. Also there's ways of fixing your home page in concrete - using SpyWare Blaster, for example: (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html. But first you need to sort out the problem following andsome's advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooman Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 'm returned to the first page used when surfing;we prefer using Firefox, we have versions 2 and 3 and IE 6;this problem affects all browsers and even the explorer when accessing local folders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Then, there must be a bug with your Windows Explorer. Use a bug scanner or Registry Scanner if the bug scanner doesn't find anything.. Either one of them has errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 If you've scanned for viruses & malware and found nothing, then I suggest you next try a restore to a time before this problem started. You need to use System Restore to do this. You get it from All Programs> Accessories> System Tools> System Restore. Select Restore My Computer To An Earlier Time, then, on the calendar, select a date before the problem started.If that makes Windows Explorer work, I suggest you then download and install IE7 and the latest version of Firefox (just released).If all that goes OK I suggest you also download a free programme called SpyWare Blaster used by many people on this forum. You get it from: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html & when you've installed it and got it running, go to its Tools page and use it to set your IE home pages, etc so no one except you can change them. Keep SpyWare Blaster updated each week as it will help prevent the installation of Ad & Spyware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 S&D's better. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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