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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 03:27:58 pm

Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 03:27:58 pm
...And now I suffer.

So.. Some dirty link that I followed (no, not porn) messed my IE startpage. Meaning, I can't change it anymore. I even tried through registry, but still no success.

:(

Help?
Any help?... A good link to some computer site/forum, where I can ask this same question. I don't know any...

And NO jokes, I'm pissed (by my own stupidity)  :hopping:
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on December 18, 2004, 03:30:27 pm
ROFL I remember that happening to me once.

A site like that changed my I.E. startpage to some kind of Lesbian Porn Site. Gave my parents a shock.

And NO, I wasn't browsing those kinds of webpages. I don't understand how it happened.
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 03:32:23 pm
Yes.. Parents... I still live with my mother.. Not for long, if she uses IE...
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: jdjtcagle on December 18, 2004, 03:33:18 pm
Spyware and/or ad-aware removal my friend.

Spybot: search and destroy, spysweeper, and Ad-aware are the best I know of. :)
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: aldo_14 on December 18, 2004, 03:33:28 pm
Tried ad-aware or a similar anti-spyware tool?

EDIT: :rolleyes: What he said........
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 03:34:12 pm
No... Not yet, that is...
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: jdjtcagle on December 18, 2004, 03:35:26 pm
This is the best, although not free like Ad-aware and Spy-Bot
http://www.webroot.com/products/spysweeper/
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 03:37:46 pm
*downloading Spybot*
*downloading Spy Sweeper*

Let see... If they work..

[EDIT] F***ing 56k......
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Sandwich on December 18, 2004, 03:41:11 pm
Why has nobody mentioned Firefox?
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: jdjtcagle on December 18, 2004, 03:41:38 pm
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Originally posted by Primus
*downloading Spybot*
*downloading Spy Sweeper*

Let see... If they work..

[EDIT] F***ing 56k......


Hehehe...

30 min.?
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 03:45:15 pm
No...  1h.. :hopping: And one file!! :hopping:
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: jdjtcagle on December 18, 2004, 03:47:49 pm
I forgot what a 56k was like...

*downloads more stuff with cable connection*
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Gloriano on December 18, 2004, 03:48:04 pm
Get Firefox because IE is just one big proplem

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 03:49:05 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Why has nobody mentioned Firefox?


*clicks Get Firefox!* I've heard of this.. But don't know anything about it...

(downloading and surfing at the same time with 56k.. bad idea!)
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 03:52:03 pm
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Originally posted by jdjtcagle
I forgot what a 56k was like...

*downloads more stuff with cable connection*


Shut up!!

I'm suffering here with this 1.35kb/s average speed!!

;)
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Grey Wolf on December 18, 2004, 04:10:05 pm
You sure you're not on 28k or 14.4k? I get a good 4.5 or so with my 56k v.90 modem.
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 04:18:44 pm
Yes, yes I'm sure... It's 56k v.90... And it has always been slow...
Stop turning the knife in my back... ;)
(3.5mb/40mins.. downloading spybot)
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Stealth on December 18, 2004, 04:38:26 pm
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Originally posted by Primus
Yes.. Parents... I still live with my mother.. Not for long, if she uses IE...


nothing wrong with living with your parents... i'm 19 and i'm living with my parents still, college is a 2 minute drive from my house, and there's no point moving out where i just have to pay my way for food and an apartment :-/

but of course when i move to UT i'm going to have to bite the bullet and fish out $15,000 a semester for school, room, food, etc. :(
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 04:40:48 pm
I didn't say there's anything wrong :)
Besides.. I'm a mama's boy and proud of it :lol:
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 04:57:42 pm
Well... The SpyBot removed some ****.. But didn't fix the problem..
Now I'm downloading SpySweeper...

And guess I'm gonna download FireFox too... I hate M$....
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Unknown Target on December 18, 2004, 05:06:58 pm
Guys, just admit you surf pr0n!
I do! :D


And uninstall IE and put Firefox on there.
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 05:12:20 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Unknown Target
Guys, just admit you surf pr0n!


I don't! (very rarely)

Quote
Originally posted by Unknown Target
And uninstall IE and put Firefox on there.


I will! (very soon)
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Tiara on December 18, 2004, 05:45:17 pm
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Originally posted by Primus


I don't! (very rarely)

So... You don't (but you do)?

Brackets won't get you out of this one. :D
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 18, 2004, 05:50:30 pm
Well... Err... Very rarely, almost never... Only few times I've surfed for pr0n. I swear!! :D
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: aldo_14 on December 18, 2004, 05:57:25 pm
What you mean is, it's very rare when you don't surf for porn?
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: IceFire on December 18, 2004, 06:22:28 pm
Firefox! Firefox! Firefox! Firefox! Firefox! Firefox! Firefox! Firefox!

Yeah :D

Solves all problems :)
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 18, 2004, 11:56:50 pm
HijackThis. And you can change your startpage manually, you know...Tools, Internet Options, General, Homepage.
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Sandwich on December 19, 2004, 12:46:57 am
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Originally posted by Unknown Target
And uninstall IE and put Firefox on there.


No (as painfully as it is to say this), don't uninstall IE. Besides, I doubt you could. It's an integral part of Windoze (which kinda explains the OS security problems, eh?). Just... don't use it for surfing. :)
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Kosh on December 19, 2004, 03:07:57 am
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[EDIT] F***ing 56k......


Believe me, I feel your pain, lol.

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Solves all problems


Actually it has created some problems for me. Most importantly, for some reason, my copy of Firefox will not load this site properly. It does it at my university, and it does it at home. That is on two different connections. IE always works though. I could never figure out what was going on........
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 19, 2004, 04:29:45 am
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Originally posted by aldo_14
What you mean is, it's very rare when you don't surf for porn?


Uh.. Get of me... I know that all of you who came here thought that I'm gonna give you a link to a dirty site ;) :lol:

But...
The SpySweeper, SpytBot or HijackThis didn't fix the problem.  And I installed Firefox. So far I like it :) Using it right now....

Thank you all for (useless) help  ;) :D
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: mr.WHO on December 19, 2004, 05:06:26 am
SPY SWEPER, SYBOT, HIJACK THIS, AD-AWARE, ALL OF THEM ARE USSELES ****.
I had coolwwwsearch y  bug two weeks ago, and spend 3 hours using all avaliable
spybot kilers and...nothing.
When I trie to do something in my registry then my windows didn't even start. I was forced to format my HDD, install my all programs again (another 3 hours)
I SWEAR THAT i COULD KILL THAT MAN WHO CREATED IT, I COULD KILL THEM ALL.
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 19, 2004, 05:11:48 am
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Originally posted by mr.WHO
SPY SWEPER, SYBOT, HIJACK THIS, AD-AWARE, ALL OF THEM ARE USSELES ****.
I had coolwwwsearch y  bug two weeks ago
I SWEAR THAT i COULD KILL THAT MAN WHO CREATED IT, I COULD KILL THEM ALL.


I think I have the same bug...  Haven't really checked it 'cos it downloads some **** to my PC.
Yeah! Wanna kill that f***er too!!!!!
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Primus on December 19, 2004, 08:51:39 am
Okay... Quick note...

If you got similar problem.. USE ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM!! I ran AVG and it fixed the startpage bug.

This is what I get for not thinking! :hopping:
Title: Dirty link...
Post by: Gank on December 19, 2004, 11:50:03 am
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html