Homepage reset norton

I was then able to reset her homepage to MSN. Hope this is helpful. Back to top. Niko Regular Contributor 5. Reg: Jun Kudos 0.

I do not need in home page symantec. Cause of exactly this malware family samples contains ability to change user's home page? Well, than may be this is good. But why fixed only IE? What about all other browsers: Opera, Safari, Chrome, etc.? Not capable with others? It is blank already - it is clean. My wife's computer got this page on Wednesday. I ran Malwarebytes and it found Trojan. She has no idea where it came from.

In any case, it was quarantined by Malwarebytes. I reset her web homepage, reran Malwarebytes and Power Eraser with no sign of any problems now. Recently there are many users who are having the same issue. It would be interesting to find out what software is leading this. Those who have had their home page changed could help in saying what they have recently downloaded to find the culprit.

Thanks to anyone who wishes help. Hello, My homepage was reset to the Norton Systematic page yesterday and continues to do so every time I boot the computer. Interestingly, the two actors are "conhost. After running a full system scan, the only things cleared up were tracking cookies.

If "conhost" and "svchost" aren't serious issues, then why is my homepage being reset? Or better yet, why are these files seen as threats? Meantime, you may perform a full system scan with Norton, then with Norton Power Eraser and again with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware as suggested on my previous post.

Those 2. Sometimes though, malware uses the same names as windows files. That's why you have to be a malware expert to do cleaning up by yourself. Yours is the first where the home page is being reset to a Symantec page as part of the malware. In the logs from your Norton product, is there anything showing that malware was recently cleaned up or that malware is still waiting to be cleaned up?

I have a feeling that these malware issues is more complex than just having the homepage reset. I think it might be time for some of them to visit the free malware removal sites if malwarebytes doesn't clean it up. Doing a Google search just now, there seem to be a lot of new malware out there that are hijacking home pages and resetting them and search engines.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Can you please try manually changing IE home page via Internet Explorer browser settings to resolve this issue? I had this same problem yesterday. IE11 I was also unable to get the orange button in the Norton notification to work. In the Homepage field, enter a wepage address. To simply use the webpage you're currently viewing, select Set to Current Page. Open new windows with your homepage: Select the New windows open with pop-up menu, then choose Homepage.

Open new tabs with your homepage: Select the New tabs open with pop-up menu, then choose Homepage. Microsoft Edge Windows 10 More Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Select the first option. Also want Google in the address bar? All done? Select Internet options. In the General tab, find the Search section and click Settings. Select Google. Click Set as default and click Close. Step 2: Change your homepage to Google In the top section called Home page , delete the highlighted text next to Address.

Step 3: Save your changes Click OK at the bottom to save your changes. Step 1: Open Settings Click on the settings icon in the upper right corner and select Settings. Step 2: Change your homepage to Google In the Appearance section, click the button next to Show Home button , then click the blue link Change.

Step 3: Sync your settings To sync your tabs, bookmarks, apps, themes and more across all your devices, click the Sign in to Chrome button at the top of the Settings page. Step 1: Click on the settings icon Click on the settings icon in the upper-right corner of your browser and select Settings. Option 1: Drag the Google icon Click and drag the blue Google icon below to the home icon located in the upper-right corner of your browser. Option 2: Edit your preferences manually Click on Firefox in the top left corner, then select Options , and then click on Options in the right menu.

Bonus: Make Google your default search engine Click the down arrow on the left of the search box. Option 1: Drag the Google icon Using your mouse, click and drag the blue Google icon below to the home icon located in the upper right corner of your browser. Option 2: Edit your preferences manually Select Firefox from the menu bar, then click on Preferences. Step 2: Change your homepage to Google Next to New windows open with , select Homepage from the drop down menu.