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Saturday, January 3, 2009

Your Internet Explorer Default HomePage Hijack Prevention Trick

Some websites illegally modify your Windows registry and set their website as default home page.
To stop this,

1. Right-click on the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop or in quick launch and select "Properties".

2. In the "Target:" box you will see "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE".

3. Now by adding the URL of the site to the end of this it overrides any
Homepage setting in internet options:

Example:

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" www.google.com

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