hello jaxisland,
I uninstalled IE7 using the second method on the given link because i cannot find IE7 in add/remove program tab.
After rebooting, Windows Update popped up and installed cumulative security and IE7 as well and then rebooted again.
After reboot my SpywareGuard prompted me with this:
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BROWSER HIJACK ALERT - BROWSER PAGE CHANGED
On 03:07:58 12/23/2008 a browser page change was detected.
Registry Location: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
Value Name: Search Page
Old Value:
http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=54896New Value:
http://ie.redirect.h...a...&pf=desktopUser Action Taken: RESTORE OLD VALUE
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BROWSER HIJACK ALERT - BROWSER PAGE CHANGED
On 03:08:07 12/23/2008 a browser page change was detected.
Registry Location: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
Value Name: Default_Page_URL
Old Value:
http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=69157New Value:
http://ie.redirect.h...a...&pf=desktopUser Action Taken: RESTORE OLD VALUE
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BROWSER HIJACK ALERT - BROWSER PAGE CHANGED
On 03:12:03 12/23/2008 a browser page change was detected.
Registry Location: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
Value Name: Start Page
Old Value:
http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=69157New Value:
http://ie.redirect.h...a...&pf=desktopUser Action Taken: KEEP NEW VALUE
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BROWSER HIJACK ALERT - BROWSER PAGE CHANGED
On 03:27:15 12/23/2008 a browser page change was detected.
Registry Location: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
Value Name: Start Page
Old Value:
http://ie.redirect.h...a...&pf=desktopNew Value:
http://go.microsoft....k/?LinkId=69157User Action Taken: KEEP NEW VALUE
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BROWSER HIJACK ALERT - BROWSER PAGE CHANGED
On 03:33:05 12/23/2008 a browser page change was detected.
Registry Location: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
Value Name: Search Bar
Old Value: <none>
New Value:
http://ie.redirect.h...a...&pf=desktopUser Action Taken: RESTORE OLD VALUE
My IE still won't open/runThanks for helping me though i appreciate it
Edited by fate9, 24 December 2008 - 12:02 AM.