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28-06-2004, 00:54

A while back I had a similar problem with my W98 pc. It was caused by a hijacker/adware parasite called Xupiter/Squire.

It also kept changing my home page to the Squire website. At the time I had it, it couldn't be removed automatically by any of the spyware removal programs, so I had to do it manually by editing the registry. The latest versions of AdAware & spybot should remove it though.

If you open up Internet Explorer, have a look under Tools/Internet Options.../General & see what address the home page is pointing to.

28-06-2004, 00:54	#5
XFS03 Guest Location: East London (ex-C&W) Services: XL broadband ntl250 modem Posts: n/a	Re: illegal operations A while back I had a similar problem with my W98 pc. It was caused by a hijacker/adware parasite called Xupiter/Squire. It also kept changing my home page to the Squire website. At the time I had it, it couldn't be removed automatically by any of the spyware removal programs, so I had to do it manually by editing the registry. The latest versions of AdAware & spybot should remove it though. If you open up Internet Explorer, have a look under Tools/Internet Options.../General & see what address the home page is pointing to.