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HELP PLEASE ILL RATE BIG!
Ok, i was installing a game and when i clicked to go to Internet (internet explorer), My homepage was changed to this site www.Altavista.com and i had tons of stuff on my favorites i never wanted. The goodnews is that i deleted those favorites and changed back to my normal homepage BUT!!! Ok i don't know what its called but the little symbol at the top right of the screen when on the internet (sometimes its a world spinning or a flage waveing to show that the internet is working) this was changed! how do i get it back to a flag???? ill rate 5s!
thanks!
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i know what your talking about but a game shouldnt effect how your internet works exept maybe change the homepage and add a few cookies or what ever to your registry. I personaly use firefox which is way faster and ezer to use.
but when i open internet exporer i do not get the flag of whcih your talking about, ill try to play around with the settings and perhaps find it and get back to you.
all i gota tell you now is that its no big deal that the icon isnt showing up
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Your system has been badly infected. Odds are that your Registry has been compromised. That has happened to me twice, and it's always nasty.
There are a number of steps that you need to take. I can't *guarantee* a cure, but I've used these programs to clean a number of computers that have been seriously compromised.
First, download and install these programs (they're all free).
Ad-aware from Lavasoft - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
Spybot-Search & Destroy - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
SpywareBlaster - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
And if you don't have an antivirus program that is being updated DAILY, you might want to uninstall your old antivirus program (assuming you have one) and install AntiVir - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
Once you've installed those programs, update each one of them immediately - they make it pretty easy and obvious. You need to get them *fully* up to date. Then run a full system scan with each program, starting with your antivirus (or AntiVir). Oh, you won't be able to scan with SpywareBlaster; it doesn't have a scan option, it just blocks spyware.
This MIGHT save your system. I've used that combination of programs successfully on several systems (not mine, they belonged to some friends), and they've pretty much brought those computers back from the dead.
Additional steps: you need to update Internet Explorer, if that's what you're using. This whole problem probably happened because you're using an out-of-date version. So update it like this:
1. You must be connected to the internet.
2. Click on "Start".
3. Assuming that you have Windows XP, click on "Help and Support".
4. Under "Pick A Task", click on "Windows Update".
If you don't have XP, try Start > Help and search for "Windows Update".
It would probably be a good idea to stop using Internet Explorer and switch to a different browser. I use FireFox, and it's much more secure than IE. It's free, and you can download it here:
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
You can protect yourself in the future by being extra careful when you're online. NEVER open an email attachment unless you not only know who it's from, but are EXPECTING it. Be very careful when visiting lyric or porn sites - those are the most likely to infect your system.
Make sure to keep all of your protective software updated at *least* weekly, if not twice a week. And scan every time you update.
If all that doesn't help you, I'm afraid you'll either have to find someone who really knows their stuff to go into your Registry and clean it out, or take your system to be professionally cleaned.
Good luck!
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