How do I permanently delete an uninvited website that has inserted
itself in FAVORITES, that each time deleted returns when computer
re-started?

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Request for Question Clarification by hibiscus-ga on 21 Jul 2004 13:22 PDT

Hi Kerry118, 

Can you provide us with a bit more detail about this link?  It's
probably being put there by a hijacker or virus and by knowing what
the link is we may be able to track down the source of the problem.

Hibiscus

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Clarification of Question by kerry118-ga on 21 Jul 2004 14:02 PDT

Thanks your interest. The site is called Free Weekend Movies and thats
about all I know. If you need more please let me know (with idiot
proof instructions please!)

The only suggestion I have to make is that this must be some crazy
kind of spyware. Try ZoneAlarm,Google Answers Researchers must think
I'm some kind of big shareholder in it but I'm not at all, just
another satisfied customer! Go to:
http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/cm/index4.html

http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/cm/index4.html

and carry out a scan. When it's completed you'll have a list of the
spyware detected on your computer. You can then use ZoneAlarm or
AdAware to delete it;better still, follow the Google Researchers'
recommenations.
Best of luck!!
Gwilym

Zone Alarm will block the spyware from connecting to the Internet,
however if the issue is Spyware, I would recommend a good Spyware
Removal Tool.

Personally, I have used Ad-Aware ( http://www.lavasoft.de/ ) and
SpyBot ( http://www.spybot.info/ ) on my computer and have been
successfull.

Also maintain an up-to-date Anti-Virus program.

It's strange, how little known this scan facility is. I'd been a
ZoneAlarm firewall user for about 4yrs before I discovered it. Several
times I have uncovered spyware with it even after just running an
AdAware scan.I've often wondered why ZoneAlarm doesn't publizise it
more. You can check Question I.D. 376757 to see another example.