[nfbcs] Google is taking over my PC!

[Tracy Carcione]

Yes, I've uninstalled Google toolbar on all my computers.  It's a
nightmare.  I keep tabbing to it by accident.
Uninstalling it makes everything work right again.
Tracy


> At my work we have a lot of problems with the Google Toolbar interfering
> with our main financial application.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of qubit
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:37 AM
> To: NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Google is taking over my PC!
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> That's odd. Did you try uninstalling some of the google apps that have
> most likely invaded your system? I went in and removed google desktop as i
> hear it is a security hole. Just go to add/remove programs and see the
> junk installed by google.  I was amazed.
> --le
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Google is taking over my PC!
>
>
> I did that, first thing.  It didn't work. I hit the blank homepage button,
> then Apply, then OK, and this darned Google is still there next time I
> open IE.
>
> Tracy
>
>> easy -- just go to internet options on the control panel. The home page
>> is
>> the first setting on the general tab.  Be sure to tab to ok and select
>> to
>> be
>> sure your changes are registered.
>> --le
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:52 AM
>> Subject: [nfbcs] Google is taking over my PC!
>>
>>
>> Help!  Google is taking over!
>> Well OK, not totally, but still...as of a couple days ago, whenever I
>> open
>> Internet Explorer, Google comes up as my home page.  And it's not even
>> regular Google, because, when I put something in to search for, and the
>> links come up, I can't actually choose any of them.
>> I went to Internet Options and selected blank as my homepage, which is
>> what I want, and what it's been for a long time.  I uninstalled
>> something
>> called Google AFE. I've tried to find if there's a file called "blank"
>> that might have gotten taken over somehow, but I don't find one.
>> How can I get IE to open with my blank homepage, like it always used to
>> do?  And where is this darned Google page coming from?
>>
>> My husband also uses this PC, and Goodness knows what he may have
>> clicked
>> on by accident, but I should still be able to reset it.
>> Sure hope some of you smart people have some ideas.  I feel like Big
>> Brother is breathing down my neck.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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