Solved Suddenly losing Home Page settings in IE8

[trinaz]

In both my 32 bit and 64 bit version of IE 8 (ver. 8.0.7601.17514)...whenever I close and open the browser the Home Page reverts to about:blank.

Whether I change the home page in an open internet tools session...or close the browser and change via control panel/internet options...upon restart the settings are changed back to home page = about:blank ?

Any ideas on what's doing this and how to reset my home page to the normal page and make it stick ?

Thanks...TRinAZ

 

[A Guy]

Believe it or not, this may be malware. Try this program, and see if it finds anything:

CWShredder

Also, download both MalwareBytes Free and Superantispyware Free and run them both. This is likely a hijacker, and not simply an IE nuisance.

A Guy

 

[Brink]

Hello TRinAZ,

In addition to making sure that your system is malware free from above, you could use the tutorial below to specify a homepage in Internet Explorer and prevent it from being changed.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...lorer-home-page-specify-prevent-changing.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn