Registry Help

For the record, I don't know if I post this thread in the right place, please move it if it isn't.

Somehow my IE8 homepage got locked to a trash web page, which I was informed to change it in the registry because changing the homepage address the standard way in IE didn't work. I tried to remove that address from the start page value in the registry, but the message "Cannot edit Start Page; Error writing the value's new contents." because I don't have the permission even running regedit with the administrator account. I tried to change the permission, again failed with administrator privilege, message "Unable to save permission changes on Main. Access denied."

Could somebody give me a hand? Thank you.

WindowsStar said:

corpse827 said:

For the record, I don't know if I post this thread in the right place, please move it if it isn't.

Somehow my IE8 homepage got locked to a trash web page, which I was informed to change it in the registry because changing the homepage address the standard way in IE didn't work. I tried to remove that address from the start page value in the registry, but the message "Cannot edit Start Page; Error writing the value's new contents." because I don't have the permission even running regedit with the administrator account. I tried to change the permission, again failed with administrator privilege, message "Unable to save permission changes on Main. Access denied."

Could somebody give me a hand? Thank you.

Open an elevated Command Prompt and enter:

Code:

 
reg add "hkcu\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main" /v "Start Page" /t REG_SZ /d "http://www.google.com" /f

ERROR: Invalid syntax.

WindowsStar said:

Runs fine here:

I tried again, this time is I got "ERROR: Access is denied." It was still the permission problem I ran into in the first place.

Did you run it as admin?

Type CMD in search, right click CMD.exe, Run As Administrator...

A Guy

Since it appears that this is caused by a browser hijack, have you eliminated malware from the computer? I suggest a full system scan with both your updated antivirus and anti-malware software programs. For a "second opinion", you can try one or both of the following:

A-M:

Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop.

• Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
• At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
• If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
• Once the program has loaded, be sure Quick scan is selected, then click Scan.
• When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
• Be sure that everything is checked, EXCEPT items in System Restore as shown in this sample:
  
• Click Remove Selected.

A/V:

Go here and run an on-line scan with the F-Secure scanner.

• Use IE (Internet Explorer), accept the license terms, and allow the Active-X controls to load.
• Click Full System Scan and allow the components to download and the scan to complete.
• If malware is found during the scan, check Submit samples to F-Secure and Automatic cleaning.
• When the scan has finished, click the Show Report button and copy and paste the entire report in your next reply.