Ghost Program

Powell41

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Goodday Folks:

When I hit the sack last night I blacked out my monitor which was running my Google homepage. When I cleared my screen this morning, low and behold there was the Yahoo home page. The strange thing is that the application doesn't show up in my Startup Window, it does not show up in my Control Panel program list, it doesn't show up on my Uninstaller app, nor do I see any reference to Yahoo in my registry. My AV program did not pick up the installation nor does it show it as a virus. Any advice folks?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 620s
OS
Windows Home Premium, 64 4.096 bit
CPU
i3-2100
Motherboard
Dell 0DGGBY
Memory
Dimm0, Samsung 64 bit, 4.096 Mb; Dimm1, Hyundai 64 bit, 2.04
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics Family
Sound Card
?
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell E197FP
Hard Drives
?
PSU
?
Case
?
Cooling
?
If its just a web search page its not a installed program you should just be able to reset it in the browser
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
win 8 32 bit
Your computer was running while you were sleeping and the monitor was turned off is my understanding.

What did you have your computer doing while you were sleeping?
To put it another way; why was the computer left on all night?

Jack
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home made Desktop
OS
Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
CPU
Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3
Motherboard
ASUS X-99 Deluxe II
Memory
Corsair Platinum 16 gig @2400
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 1070 OC
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus 27" LED LCD/VE278Q
Screen Resolution
1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Hard Drives
INTEL SSD 730-240 Gb Sata 3.0/
PSU
EVGA Platium 1200W
Case
Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass 8 fans/ one radiator
Cooling
XSPC/ Water Cooled CPU
Keyboard
Das 4 Professional
Mouse
Logitech M705/MX Anywhere 2-S
Internet Speed
100 mbits
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials/ Malwarebytes Premium 3.0/ SAS
Browser
I.E. 11 default/Firefox/ ISP Time Warner Cable/Spectrum
Other Info
LG BluRay Burner/
Sound system-KLipsch-THX/
Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays.
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