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Old 08-27-2004, 08:28 PM   #1
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All About Search

About every other day, when I start up Internet Explorer, a gizmo titled "all about search" takes over as the default site for IE. It only takes a minute to change back to Google, but it's a nuisance.

What can be done to eliminate it?

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Old 08-27-2004, 08:48 PM   #2
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It sounds like you have spyware/adware. Update and run Adaware SE PE and Spybot Search & Destroy 1.3. Then do a complete update and run of your resident antivirus. If you don't have one, you'll need to get one...in the interim, run Housecall.

Hope that helps,
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