Web Connection Problem

Hey guys, I have a small problem with my internet connection. My provider is Virgin Media, and whenever I connect to the web it goes straight to their website, even though my homepage is set to Google.

So is there any way to change the setup so that it goes straight to Google without me having to click the Home button? Any help appreciated, thanks. :hatsoff: :wave2:
 
Hey guys, I have a small problem with my internet connection. My provider is Virgin Media, and whenever I connect to the web it goes straight to their website, even though my homepage is set to Google.

So is there any way to change the setup so that it goes straight to Google without me having to click the Home button? Any help appreciated, thanks. :hatsoff: :wave2:


I would complain to Virgin with a phone call.
 

Riffy

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I would switch to Mozilla Firefox if I were you. I don't have any problems using MF.

As for your problem, I would email Virgin... Sorry I'm no more help.
 
It happened to me once. Hacked. I'm purposely being vague at this point, I am going from memory and would have to google this now.

What happens is some program makes a change into one of your host files I think in the windows\system32 files and redirects anything in your homepage there. That's why I said I would complain to Virgin if it's their page it goes to and you have service with them, you know they did it. I might have an old text file that tells how to get rid of it, but you're probably better off googling yourself.

Vague help from MS
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512587.aspx
 
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This worked for me.

If you see this page your hosts file has been hacked. Please use the instruction below to clean your machine.

You cannot reach the site you where trying to reach without following this procedure! - Please follow the steps provided in this document and make sure to download all patches for your computer from the Windows Update Site which can be found here:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

1. Start regedit,
find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ,
delete starting of svchost.exe file,
reboot your computer,
delete file svchost.exe in windows directory.

2. Reboot windows and start in
SAFE MODE (F8 key on keyboard before windows starting),
delete file winlogon.exe in directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

3. Clear your 'hosts' file.
How to edit your hosts file: locate it first, either by browsing to the directory (as shown above) or by hitting "Start - Search - select all files and folders - type in 'hosts' (without the quotation marks) and hit search. When the file is found, click with your right mouse button on the file and select 'Open With...' This will bring up a list of programs to edit the file with. Select Notepad from that list and click OK. - Remove all lines from the file and type in: 127.0.0.1 localhost. Now close the file and save your changes.
For Windows 95/98/Millenium machines: Locate the file hosts in your C:\Windows directory. Just delete it or edit it with a text editor like notepad and make sure there is only one line there:
127.0.0.1 localhost
For Windows 2000 machines: Locate the file hosts in your C:\Winnt\System32\Drivers\Etc directory. Just delete it or edit it with a text editor like notepad and make sure there is only one line there:
127.0.0.1 localhost
For Windows XP machines: Locate the file hosts in your C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc directory. Just delete it or edit it with a text editor like notepad and make sure there is only one line there:
127.0.0.1 localhost
 
So everything else works perfectly except for the fact that it's not going to your desired homepage? I'd say learn to live with it or switch to Firefox.
 
Yes, everything else is fine, it's just a setup thing that I was hoping I could change. It's just when I first connect to the web, I'm on a laptop so I'm connecting and disconnecting all the time. It probably happens to everyone, you connect and then the browser opens automatically and finds a web page. I just wanted it to find Google instead of VirginMedia. If there's no way to change the setup I'll just live with it, it's not a big problem. :wave2:
 
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