# internet explorer question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-question/202588>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 19, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-question/202588 "2003-09-19T13:38:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Retief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Retief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retief)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-question/202588/1 "2003-09-19T13:38:02Z")

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Somehow I have gotten an unsolicited url for a certain search url as my home page and I cannot get it out. I have gone to internet properties and changed home page url back to yahoo, deleted cookies, cleared all temporary files and cleared the history folders  
yet when I reset the machine, this unwanted url returns as the home page.

any suggestions please ?

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-question/202588/2 "2003-09-19T14:15:50Z")

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Get yourself a free copy of [AdAware](http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/) and [Spybot Search & Destroy](http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download). and clean all the spyware off your computer.

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**Author:** ![Retief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Retief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retief)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-question/202588/3 "2003-09-19T15:04:56Z")

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Many Thanks Fear Itself, am downloading them as I speak

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-question/202588/4 "2003-09-19T15:16:10Z")

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**Retief** : A Keith Laumer fan?