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My homepage got changed without my permission. When I try to reset it, it will not reset.

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My homepage got reset to some search engine. http://www.searchqu.com/406

I try to reset my home page to what it was, but it will not change.

My homepage got reset to some search engine. http://www.searchqu.com/406 I try to reset my home page to what it was, but it will not change.

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Do a malware check with some malware scan programs. You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan.

See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and Searches are redirected to another site

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Do a malware check with some malware scan programs. You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan.

See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and Searches are redirected to another site

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Problem solved. It was indeed a malware problem. I was able to get tech support to fix it. Thanks.