city02 63 Report post Posted April 27, 2004 Some annoying websites change your IE home/start page without permission. Are there any utilities to make access to certain registry entries read-only? How can one prevent such modifications? Thx, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eskay 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2004 You could use Spybot S&D. It's available at http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download Enjoy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greens 21 Report post Posted April 27, 2004 Use ZoneAlarm Pro. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surej 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2004 always use firewall... WBR Surej Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tushar 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2004 Maybe you should try out AD-AWARE its the 2nd most popular download on Download.com and I'm also using it it just works great for me. Heres the link http://download.com.com/3000-8022_4-10214379.html?tag=pop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
city02 63 Report post Posted April 28, 2004 Maybe you should try out AD-AWARE its the 2nd most popular download on Download.com and I'm also using it it just works great for me. Heres the linkhttp://download.com.com/3000-8022_4-10214379.html?tag=pop Actually I've been using Lavasoft's AdAware for over 3-4 months now but that only removes ad/spyware and does not seem to prevent altering of your reg settings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunil_jok 2 Report post Posted May 1, 2004 i dont think the sites change the registry. if sites could cange it then every computer running windows could have been corrupted by a single email. and i havent faced such prob. most often the sites ask if you would like to change the home page. but i think it is possible to change without permission. the best thing to do would be not to go to that site. i have seen such a prob on a friends computer. but i believe that it was caused because of downloading and running some program from the net. the only sure work around such a prob would be to reinstall. a clean install. but u can try some registry cleaners. i doubt if it would be effective. or else you would have to find out which program had changed the entries. if u r using xp or me then u can use system restore, restore it to a time when there was no such problem. an advice for those who r just starting, others like me would have already found out bout such pitfalls through experience. dont download and run all u get from crack or for that matter serial sites. most of then the first download would be some kind of spybot, or something which makes a lot of unwanted changes to ur computer. check it out using antivirus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StaticElectricity 8 Report post Posted May 1, 2004 well, sunil im sorry to say but u are not correct... we CAN change the homepage of IE by java script. so the good ones ask before they do and the bad ones do no. i can give a process but it's a pain in the neck.. if u still want it PM me. cauz i dont want to start unneccessary what'll that do? posts... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
