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Old Apr 13, 2005 | 10:06 AM
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Fook sake its pissing me off now, Every time i start my computer things keep adding to my favs. Like Porn, Software stuff and rugs etc etc. How can i stop this from happening as im no Porn or drug baron And i havent been on any dodgy site latly either
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Old Apr 13, 2005 | 10:17 AM
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get some spy ware blocker stuff or somet.

Microsoft do one.

also there is lavasoft's adaware.
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Old Apr 13, 2005 | 10:19 AM
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Sounds like you have somthing in your startup folder or registry.
First check the startup folder by clicking Start>Program files>Startup and have a look to see if there is anything in there that shouldnt be.
You can also run msconfig and then click on the startup tab to see what processes are being started when the pc boots up. Again, look for anything that you dont think should be in there. If you are not sure about something just do a quick search for it on google and you should soon be able to find if it should be there.
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Old Apr 13, 2005 | 10:30 AM
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will do another spy sweep, fookin things are pissing me off

Cheers lads,
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Old Apr 13, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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The Microsoft Spyware stuff is very good!

Also if this doesnt work, type the address of the porn followed by spyware in google and there may be a fix for this as I had this problem the other day
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Old Apr 13, 2005 | 10:32 AM
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Run adaware, spybot search and destroy (both available from www.download.com) and then run the microsoft anti spyware program.

After all that, click start, then run, then type msconfig, click on the startup tab, and untick anything you don't need to run at startup, click apply, then ok, then restart windows and see how it goes.

Also, run 2 virus scanners on the machine, just to be safe.

HTH
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