Locked homepage

beefcarrot

My homepage on IE6 is somehow stuck on Tiscali's address, despite my not using them any more. I have tried changing it though Internet Tools, am unable to edit the registry item - an error message comes up - and Tiscali support are as much help as the proverbial chocolate teapot. Whilst it is not the biggest problem that I have ever faced, it has become something of an annoyance. Has anyone got any suggestions or programs that might help me change the blasted thing?!?

ph166

try downloading "hijackthis"

geordie_joe

See this page

albertross_2

do you have zonealarm installed?

Moneymaker

Best advice I can offer is DON'T use Internet Exploder. It's the most targeted browser for malware. Download Firefox or Opera and use that instead.

beefcarrot

albertross wrote:

do you have zonealarm installed?

I do - is this likely to be the problem?

albertross_2

Try updating it to the latest version.. there was a bug in one recent version that stopped the homepage changes.

alanrowell

Do you have something like Spybot or Winpatrol installed?

You might have accidentally enabled something that stops homepage hijacking & hence no-one, even you, can change it