home page keeps getting hijacked

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  1. doctor9

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    Hi I hope i'm in the right forum. if not can somebody move me to the right one please.i use verizon for my home page, and at least 2 times per week my spyware(spysweeper) alerts me to the fact that my home page has been hijacked.which means when i log onto my isp it's no longer verizon with all my personal settings, its msn. all i have to do is go to tools and under internet options i retype dslstart@verizon.net and i get it back again after closing down msn and re logging on to internet explorer. its not a huge deal but why does this happen? thanks
     
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    You probably have spyware since it keeps coming back. Or it could just be the setting need to be reset.

    Go to Control Panel > Internet Options. Reset the home page.

    If it continues to redirect post a HijackThis log.
     
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    thanks niobis
     
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    No problem, glad to help. :)
     

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