IE7 homepage hijacked by MSN

[ssxx]

I just built 2 identical systems and they're both installed with XP pro sp2 and IE7. After getting one of the systems configured and online at my uncles house I tried to change the IE "home page", but as I push enter to effectuate the change suddenly the www.msn.com is back as the homepage. I tried everything I could think of but unable to change it.

For the record this system is running Norman Antivirus and is behind a router firewall. There is no antispyware installed as of yet. No freeware or any other downloads have yet taken place to possibly import hidden spyware, so I suspect this might be an IE7 issue.

Anyone experienced anything similar and has a solution?

I have meawhile installed Firefox 2.0 which seems less targeted

 

[Po`Girl]

Certain versions of NAV lock the homepage.

To disable:

Open NAV > Options > under the Internet section, click on Home Page Protection.

Uncheck all three options:

1."Turn home page protection on"

2."Block all attempts to change my homepage"

3."Alert me when my home page loads"


Then uninstall Norton completely and get AVG instead.

Then install a good third party firewall like Zone Alarm,Kerio,or Comodo

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

If what Po`girl says doesn`t help, take a look at this thread HERE. Post#29 and onwards.

Regards Howard

 

[ssxx]

I'm not running Norton or any other symantec product on these 2 systems, and yes I'm aware of that certain Norton products will block/ask you before homepage change is allowed............

I'm running Norman Antivirus, and that's all it is, ANTIVIRUS. It does not to my knowledge block such an attempt.......

 

[ssxx]

Hi Howard!

Thanx for the tip on the other string........I will just have to try and reinstall IE7 next time I'm at my uncle's house(Will be a while) and until then he gets to run Firefox2.0 (maybe he doesn't even want IE7?!)

 

[Po`Girl]

Norman Antivirus

Ah........I read Norton Which is exactly what they intended,no doubt.

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Some tweaking utilities such as X-Setup Pro have options to change the IE home pages (it has three home pages, to be more precise).