Tuesday 23 July 2013

Unable to change Internet Browsers Home page or Homepage Hijacked

                Now a days, we are getting more adwares online which may be developed to hack personal details or advertising purpose. The Adwares will occupy our Internet browser homepage through toolbars. The toolbars will block our attempt to change the Internet browser homepage. Here are the few steps to change the Internet browser home page.

Step 1 : Change the homepage in IE click here to view



Change homepage in Firefox  Click here to view

Change homepage in Chrome Click here to view

If the homepage still remains same, please proceed with further steps

Step 2 : For Internet explorer

Click with right mouse button on the shortcut of Internet Explorer. Select ‘Properties‘ goto tab ‘Shortcut‘ and remove the http://qvo6.com argument from ‘Target:

Remove Qvo6 redirect

For Mozila Firefox :
              
                     Click with right mouse button on the shortcut of Mozilla Firefox. Select ‘Properties‘ goto tab ‘Shortcut‘ and remove the http://qvo6.com argument from ‘Target:

Remove Qvo6 redirect

 For Chrome:

                   Click with right mouse button on the shortcut of Google Chrome. Select ‘Properties‘ goto tab ‘Shortcut‘ and remove the http://qvo6.com argument from ‘Target:

Remove Qvo6 redirect

Now, try to set your homepage on your Internet browsers. 


Step 3
: Disable unwanted add-ons and toolbars from your Internet browsers.

For IE :

  1. Open Internet Explorer for the desktop.
  2. Tap or click the Tools button, and then tap or click Manage add-ons.
  3. Under Show, tap or click All add-ons, and then do one of the following:
    • To disable an add-on, tap or click it, and then tap or click Disable.
    • To enable an add-on, tap or click it, and then tap or click Enable.
  4. Tap or click Close.
 For Firefox Click here

For Chrome Click here

Step 4 : Open a run command and type appwiz.cpl.
You can see the installed application list on your computer. Please remove/uninstall the listed toolbars from the installed program list.

Babylon search,  default tab, default tab for chrome, We-care toolbar, Delta toolbar, search-conduit, Yontoo, etc.,

Make sure all the Internet browsers are closed before uninstalling any toolbars so that the uninstallation will proceed.Now, try to change your home page.

Now, try to set your homepage on your Internet browsers.

If you have any problem in implementing these steps contact me at cctechmatthew@gmail.com

Thanks.




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1 comment:

  1. Dear sir,

    I did all the things but again i am unable to change my start up page. if i am open the IE then this page is opened. http://www.qvo6.com/?utm_source=b&utm_medium=adk&from=adk&uid=TOSHIBAXMK6475GSX_32P8SQVVSXX32P8SQVVS&ts=1367264831

    please give me solution for that.

    thanks

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