Not able to access internet explorer

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sarah.jennifer
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Not able to access internet explorer

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My Internet Explorer has been hijacked (i.e. my browser web page cannot be changed from a site that I don't want). What can I do?
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As it was suggested in your other thread you need to run HiJackThis and then post your log here and see if someone can help.
Original thread..... http://forums.legitreviews.com/about10903.html
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boot into safe mode and run spybot, ad aware, make sure your Anti Virus is up to date and run a full system scan, clear your cache in IE, reset the home page and reboot and run everything again. If you have XP turn off the system restore first.
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sarah.jennifer wrote:What can I do?
Stop looking up those "bad" sites. On topic, run Windows Live One Care and see it can find anything. If it doesn't work move on to other spyware programs...
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Re: Not able to access internet explorer

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Download any free anti-spyware program that can help you from hijackers
I recommend you to download the program called Spyware sweeper
This will manually remove the spyware, which is hijacking your browser. You would find instructions at http://www.spyware-sweeper.com
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