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jenni.p

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March 20th, 2004 01:00

Internet Search

Somehow, while a friend of mine was searching the net (probably looking for porn) he changed my default search engine from MSN to locaters.com (?).  Can someone please tell me how to change it back.  I use Internet Explorer version XP.  Thanks!!

 

 

  • tanders

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    Posted March 20th, 2004 01:00

    You should be able to go up to the area on the page where you toolbars and right-click.  Ensure the search toolbar is "checked".  Once checked, you'll see the magnifying glass and you can use the drop-down to choose your search engine.  Hope this helps.
  • volcano11

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    Posted March 20th, 2004 03:00

    jenni.p,

    locators.com is a search engine hijacker (spyware).  You will need to get Ad-Aware and Spybot from the following sites:

    www.lavasoftusa.com  Ad-Aware

    http://security.kolla.de/  Spybot

    Download these programs, install them, update them to the latest definitions, then run them and allow them to remove all of the garbage they find.

    Steve