# IE Redirect to Yahoo mail
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 23, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347 "2005-08-23T23:14:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/1 "2005-08-23T23:14:02Z")
Whenever I open a new window in IE, it will redirect me to [http://mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=slv&.intl=us](http://mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=slv&.intl=us). Usually the back button will take me back to where I wanted to go, but sometimes the back button is disabled. I checked the stick and did not see this issue. I ran Ad-Aware and it did not fix this (although I am now updating ad-aware to see if a newer version will fix this.) The computer connects to the internet via AOL and it is running McAfee virus scan. Anyone encounter this? Know how to fix this?
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### Author:  [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/2 "2005-08-23T23:27:25Z")
Look under “Tools-\>Internet Options…” and see if you have somehow set Yahoo mail as your home page.
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/3 "2005-08-23T23:31:51Z")
The same thing is happening to me earlier. When I open a new IE window, the message “A pop-up window was blocked” shows up on the bottom bar, and then _ALL_ the open IE windows are forwarded to [http://mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=slv&.intl=us](http://mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=slv&.intl=us) and it’s starting to irritate me.
I have the newest version of Ad-Aware and it didn’t help me either. Currently loading the latest Spybot updates. I use earthlink and have Norton Anti-Virus. I do have Yahoo toolbar (installed by my ex-roommate) but I’ve had it forever, and have never updated it, and it’s never done this before today.
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/4 "2005-08-23T23:33:36Z")
For me: no. It goes to my home page first, then forwards to Yahoo Mail.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/5 "2005-08-24T00:34:22Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#):
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> Look under “Tools-\>Internet Options…” and see if you have somehow set Yahoo mail as your home page.
Nope. And I’m not sure why that would matter - this is happening when I open a window from another page. For instance, I have a list of GQ threads. I open one in another window so that I continue to browse the rest of the list. This should not take me to my home page, but to the thread I opened. In any case, no, it isn’t my home page.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2005, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/6 "2005-08-24T11:15:45Z")
Seems to be fixed today, although I don’t know why. I suppose it doesn’t matter, but it kinda bothers me that I don’t know the root of the problem…
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### Author:  [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2005, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/7 "2005-08-24T11:58:31Z")
I don’t have a solution, but the same thing was happening to me. It is also fixed today.
Do you run Yahoo Messenger on your PC? I closed Messenger down, and that seemed to help. I wondered if it was some sort of bug in that program.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/8 "2005-08-24T17:46:43Z")
It is actually my Mom’s machine and yes, my sister uses Yahoo messenger. But I shut it down every time I use the machine, even before I log in.
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/9 "2005-08-25T00:21:57Z")
Mine is magically fixed, too. And it has Yahoo Messenger installed (from my former roommate, same one who installed the Yahoo toolbar) but I never use it.
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### Author:  [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/10 "2005-08-25T09:16:07Z")
I had this happen at the public computer at work yesterday. IE had the Yahoo Toolbar running at the time. I shut that off and the redirect stopped. I would strongly suggest uninstalling that crapware if you have it, as I am pretty sure that is what’s hijacking the new windows.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-redirect-to-yahoo-mail/318347/11 "2005-08-25T11:17:12Z")
> [@Mac Guffin](#):
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> I had this happen at the public computer at work yesterday. IE had the Yahoo Toolbar running at the time. I shut that off and the redirect stopped. I would strongly suggest uninstalling that crapware if you have it, as I am pretty sure that is what’s hijacking the new windows.
You are probably right. Unfortunately, I am a visitor here while I recover from stomach surgery (actually FORTUNATELY, I’m only a visitor :)) so I cannot remove the software, no matter how much I think it should be.