Re: home page hijacker

  • From: "john coley" <johncoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:48:13 +0100

Hi Rosemarie, I've never used gmail, so I don't know how easy or how accessible 
it is. Hopefully it'll be ok. Most Google pages seem to be fine. Give it a try 
and let me know how it is.
                    John.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rosemarie Chavarria 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:14 PM
  Subject: Re: home page hijacker


  Hi, John.  A friend of mine said he has google as his home page.  I'm 
thinking of going back to it because it seems like I did have a faster 
connection to the internet with it.  Is gmail easy to use?  I had yahoo for 
some of the other lists I'm on because they were yahoo groups.  
  Rosemarie

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: john coley 
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 12:14 PM
    Subject: Re: home page hijacker


    Hi Rosemarie, you can change your homepage easily. In internet options, 
which you can either go to in control panel or in the tools menu in internet 
explorer the home page address is the top item in the general menu. Just type 
in the address of the page you want as your home page, in the case of google 
http://www.google.com and tab down to the ok button, alternatively go to the 
google page and then press the use current button, which is the second thing on 
the internet options general menu. You won't be troubled by any pages you've 
had as your home page in the past. The only one that internet explorer will use 
is the one you've selected.
      Let me know how you get on,
                        John.

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Rosemarie Chavarria 
      To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:57 PM
      Subject: Re: home page hijacker


      Hi, John.  I still got a slow connection after unchecking the search 
button.  Is there something else I can try?  I used to have google as my home 
page at one time.  Is there a way to get ride of your past home page if you 
don't want it anymore?  Just wondering.
      Rosemarie

        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: john coley 
        To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 11:42 AM
        Subject: Re: home page hijacker


        Hi Rosemarie, don't worry about yahoo. The toolbar you need to change 
is in internet explorer. When you're in Internet Explorer just press the alt 
key to take you to the menus, and cursor right to the view menu. the toolbar 
submenu is the top item in the view menu. cursor down till you find the 
explorer bar submenu and right cursor to open it. The top item is search. If 
that says checked press the enter key to uncheck it. When you've done that 
it'll be fine.
          Let me know how you get on,
                            John.

          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: Rosemarie Chavarria 
          To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
          Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:20 PM
          Subject: Re: home page hijacker


          Hi, John.  I have a problem with yahoo which is my home page.  How do 
I find the tool bar to uncheck the search so I can have a faster connection to 
the internet?  I have DSL so i should be able to connect to the internet pretty 
fast.
          Rosemarie

            ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: john coley 
            To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
            Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:02 AM
            Subject: home page hijacker


            Hi everybody, re the post earlier today regarding the seeming 
hijack of the internet explorer home page it isn't a hijacker, it's just a 
changed toolbar setting. it's easily solved. I had the same thing happen to me. 
All you have to do is to go to the toolbars submenu and uncheck search on the 
explorer bar menu. When you've done that everything should be fine.
                                John.



--------------------------------------------------------------------


            No virus found in this incoming message.
            Checked by AVG Free Edition.
            Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: 
10/27/2006



------------------------------------------------------------------------


        No virus found in this incoming message.
        Checked by AVG Free Edition.
        Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: 
10/27/2006



----------------------------------------------------------------------------


    No virus found in this incoming message.
    Checked by AVG Free Edition.
    Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: 10/27/2006

Other related posts: