Need computer help

Toyboy · Jan 21, 2016

JD5210 said:
What are you using for your browser if it is Internet Explorer. Go into IE, select tools, go down to internet options. On the screen that comes change the home page option to what you want it to me.

I've done that twice, it still comes up yahoo search!!!

I've even gone so far as to download "make msn your home page".... still comes up that frikin yahoo search!!

MarkF48 · Jan 21, 2016

What browser are you using... Internet Explorer, FireFox, Google Chrome, or other? It may help to know so suggestions how to change the Homepage can be made. Had you been to any questionable sites that may have installed some malware? If you don't have it, download, install, and run https://www.malwarebytes.org/ free version. It may pick up something other virus detection may have missed.

GoatDriver · Jan 21, 2016

Download Firefox and give it a try as your browser, I think you will like it.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/products/

I build a few web pages and IE is the most "ornery" browser out there. You have to write special code in the CSS style sheets and "head" of the code for web sites to work with IE while other browsers all work just fine on standard code. I only use IE to verify that a website will be veiwable on it if someone is using it as their browser.

ch1ch2 · Jan 21, 2016

My Yahoo uses Google for a search engine. I changed the search to DuckDuckGo. It does not track or keep records of where you have been.

JD5210 · Jan 21, 2016

Looks like you are not alone. I did a google search - yahoo hijacked my homepage - and a number of results were returned. I thing in common is a folder called Spigot.

Yahoo hijacked my browser homepage [Solved] - Chrome - Social Networking
IE home page hijacked by yahoo - Forum Thread - PC Advisor

kcflhrc · Jan 21, 2016

As previously stated either download Firefox or Google Chrome for your browser if you cant figure out the IE issue.

Toyboy · Jan 21, 2016

MarkF48 said:
What browser are you using... Internet Explorer, FireFox, Google Chrome, or other? It may help to know so suggestions how to change the Homepage can be made. Had you been to any questionable sites that may have installed some malware? If you don't have it, download, install, and run https://www.malwarebytes.org/ free version. It may pick up something other virus detection may have missed.

Dang, forgot another important bit of info. I using Firefox for browser and Tbird for email.
I'm happy w/firefox and don't want to change browsers. Just kill yahoo search!

Fossil Farm · Jan 21, 2016

Look at your "installed Programs" listing. Sounds like when a program was installed or updated, another hidden program installed itself to use yahoo all the time. Some of the downloads, even from Cnet have attached or hidden programs that mess things up. I didn't write down the names, but once I removed those add-on programs, things got back to normal. Just like when you update JAVA, it suggests and checkmarks some browser changes, and if you don't catch it before updating, it changes your settings.

/pine · Jan 21, 2016

You might try this if standard methods refuse to work...

HiJackThis | SourceForge.net

Mendonsy · Jan 21, 2016

If you are using Firefox click on Tools, Options, Search and delete Yahoo from the search engine list. If Yahoo is not listed then you have a virus running that is redirecting all of your searches to something that appears to be Yahoo but probably isn't.
If you have one of the browser redirect viruses here is a fairly good write-up on getting rid of it.
https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-browser-redirect-virus/