If I type in a webaddress, a different 1 pops up?
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If I type in a webaddress, a different 1 pops up?
For example... I wrote a couple threads on 350z to post a video I had of myself racing a buddy of mine in his Z. The thread has taken off and there is a lot of trash talking...
I wanted to log onto it from home... to defend myself
...but everytime I type in www.my350z.com it gets redirected to www.yahoo.com !!???
HOW DO I FIX THIS!?? It is driving me nuts!
I've tried deleting all cookies (even went in and did it manually) I've deleted temp files... I went into the registry and looked for malicious files... I used Spy Sweeper... Ad-Aware... Norton Anti-virus...
I can not figure it out!? Any help... please!
I wanted to log onto it from home... to defend myself
...but everytime I type in www.my350z.com it gets redirected to www.yahoo.com !!???HOW DO I FIX THIS!?? It is driving me nuts!
I've tried deleting all cookies (even went in and did it manually) I've deleted temp files... I went into the registry and looked for malicious files... I used Spy Sweeper... Ad-Aware... Norton Anti-virus...
I can not figure it out!? Any help... please!
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Yahoo has their own spyware. You may have a Yahoo toolbar open in your browser, or a hidden program running in the background (i.e. automatic Yahoo search function from the toolbar). Or if you have Windows, go to your Task Manager and shut down any Yahoo processes.
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I had the same problem you have with Yahoo. When I would type an unrecognized website into the address bar and hit Enter, it would take me to Yahoo. I forget what exactly fixed it, but went into msconfig, disabled anything I knew wasn't needed for startup, opened up the Task Manager and manually shut down a bunch of processes, then went to the Control Bar's Add/Remove Programs and tried uninstalling it from there.
I'm almost certain, though, that it's a Yahoo function.
Spyware programs (SpyBot, SpyDoctor, etc.) won't find it for you because technically, it isn't spyware. It's just real damn annoying.
I'm almost certain, though, that it's a Yahoo function.
Spyware programs (SpyBot, SpyDoctor, etc.) won't find it for you because technically, it isn't spyware. It's just real damn annoying.
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Originally Posted by joeking1978,Aug 21 2004, 09:34 AM
I deleted a couple things inthe registry... but did not see any specific processes of Yahoo's running in the Task Manager...
Is there a specific file name for their spy-ware?
Is there a specific file name for their spy-ware?
good luck 
