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> OT: Need some computer advice
Allan
post Oct 15 2007, 01:20 PM
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We had a friend over yesterday and her son got on our computer and apparently visited a couple of really gruesome web sites with graphic pictures of accidents. Personally I could care less but, my daughter uses the computer and now everytime you type any address that starts with the same letter as the sites, they pop up on the address bar.

How can I get it to stop doing that so my daughter doesn't accidentally end up at the sites?

I've tried clearing the history and deleting the cookies and temporary internet files but it didn't work... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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Headrage   OT: Need some computer advice   Oct 15 2007, 01:20 PM
Mid_Engine_914   First let me say what a sick puppy your friend...   Oct 15 2007, 01:30 PM
purple   meh, that's a common website; rotten.com at l...   Oct 15 2007, 01:32 PM
Headrage   I'm running Internet Explorer. Already tried ...   Oct 15 2007, 01:36 PM
Mid_Engine_914   The changes should work after you close down the b...   Oct 15 2007, 01:39 PM
Headrage   The changes should work after you close down the ...   Oct 15 2007, 01:41 PM
Mid_Engine_914   It must be some kind of malware then. Maybe try Sp...   Oct 15 2007, 01:44 PM
lotus_65   you should be able to disable the feature that ...   Oct 15 2007, 01:50 PM
OmegaM1A1   I would run Firefox regardless. Overall it tends t...   Oct 15 2007, 01:54 PM
Rand   It's not in history or cache... It's in th...   Oct 15 2007, 02:04 PM
jk76.914   I suggest you download Ad-aware. It's a free ...   Oct 15 2007, 09:12 PM
cooltimes   IMHO, I would clear all the cookies and check and ...   Oct 15 2007, 09:42 PM
Bass Fisher   Go to "Tools" Click "internet optio...   Oct 15 2007, 10:14 PM
Dr. Roger   actually it's under tools/internet options/con...   Oct 16 2007, 01:36 AM
KaptKaos   Allan, Give me a call tomorrow, I will PM you my ...   Oct 16 2007, 01:09 AM
tat2dphreak   the other thing I would add is set your history to...   Oct 16 2007, 02:18 PM
Rand   Allan, has this been resolved yet? The posts keep ...   Oct 16 2007, 04:11 PM
rjames   :agree: Listen to Rand!   Oct 16 2007, 09:04 PM


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