Computer newbies forum: Homepage Hijack Question

A Homepage Hijacker does EXACTLY THAT...Your original homepage turns into something that it wasn't before..Usually, the homepage becomes a search page of some sort..

To prevent that from occuring, download, install, update, and scan frequently with FREE spyware removal tools such as ALL of the ones in the links below.

Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition Spyware Removal Tool

Spybot Search & Destroy Spyware Removal Tool

CWShredder 2.1x Hijack Removal Tool

Ewido Security Suite

Hope this helps.

Grif

Computer & Internet nomenclature can be very confusing to the newbie cause not everyone uses the same terms to mean the same thing. Case-in-point, some people refer to their ''Start Page'' as their ''Homepage'' and vice versa.

Your START PAGE is whatever you have set in your browser to always open when you start it up. THAT is quite easy to tell if it gets ''hijacked'' or otherwise changed since you see something other than what you are expecting when you start up. You don't HAVE to have one set; mine is set to 'BLANK' (i.e. do not load ANY page, start with a blank screen) since I don't really want to wait for some page to load before I start surfing.

Your HOME PAGE is stored on a server someplace just like all the other webpages accessible on the internet. Although it is POSSIBLE to hijack a personal homepage, there really would not be much reason to do so. Hijackers usually have criminal intent in-mind and are looking for ID Theft information such as PII, SSN, CC#, Banking Account number & PIN's, ETC when they do that.

Usually pornsites are good at that little tick.You'll know because, everytime you start up computer you'll see Pam Anderson.Well amybe not her..