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Rant

iStart123 and BoBrowser - Invading My Computer

Feb 13, 2015 2:08PM PST

istart123 mysteriously took over the home page of all 3 of my web browsers. You can't close it. It takes over your start page. You can't get rid of it. If you close it's tab, it simply pops another tab back up. It is not a registered program, and there is no program that you can uninstall. I attempted to find istart123 in the Windows 7 registry, but though the name comes up, I was unable to find associated files to delete. Has anyone had this problem?

"BoBrowser" also mysteriously took over Google Chrome. It is also not a registerd program on Windows 7. It takes over the open source Google Chrome and also changes several file associations. I have been able to fix most of the problems via the Windows 7 regristry and a program I downloaded called "Autoruns" by disabling it from starting on boot-up. Anyone having experience with either program would appreciate hearing from you.

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Issues
Feb 14, 2015 12:44AM PST

Look at Grif Thomas' fixes..specifically bleeping computer...for sure the place to start.

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Here's a guide.
Feb 14, 2015 12:48AM PST
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Beyond the first question.
Feb 14, 2015 12:53AM PST