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Symptom

Possible solution

 

 

My Internet browser home page changed to something I did not want.

You may have spyware on your computer. Spyware is software that usually runs silently in the background on your computer, collecting and sending information about you and your use of the computer to another person or system on the Internet.

You can find and remove spyware from your computer by using any one of a number of software programs available for this purpose, including Windows Defender.

To scan for spyware using Windows Defender:

1 Click the Windows Start Button, All Programs, then click Windows Defender.

2 Click Scan.

Many of the popular virus protection programs also have some tools that scan for and remove spyware from your computer.

To avoid getting spyware on your computer:

￿ Do not install programs if you are not sure they come from reputable

 

companies. Check the company’s Web site carefully for information about

 

what is included with the program.

 

￿ Do not automatically click Yes when a download window asks if it is OK

 

to install a program on your computer. Read the message in the window

 

and make sure it is a software program that you really want.

 

 

Unwanted pop-up

This is typically caused by adware or advertising-supported software.

advertisements display on my

You can configure your Web browser to block pop-ups (available in Internet

computer when connected to

Explorer by clicking Tools and then Pop-up Blocker).

the Internet.

To remove adware from your computer, use the antispyware/adware program

 

 

included on your computer (select models only) or any number of available

 

software programs that remove adware programs.

 

Note that many of the popular antivirus programs have tools that scan for and

 

remove adware from your computer.

 

 

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