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Sakman - 19 May 2008 22:43 GMT

As of this morning when I hit IE, I get
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx even though my
internet options is set to ATT Yahoo. My spybot detects the change and if I
hit home...it goes right to my homepage. What gives?

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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] - 19 May 2008 23:02 GMT

> As of this morning when I hit IE, I get
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx even
> though my internet options is set to ATT Yahoo. My spybot detects the
> change and if I hit home...it goes right to my homepage. What gives?

I presume you're on IE6 still....Microsoft *really* wants you to upgrade to
IE7. When I've seen this I've either upgraded or I ignore it. I use Firefox
as my main browser so I rarely bump into the issue, but I've never found any
way to stop this outright.

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PA Bear [MS MVP] - 19 May 2008 23:54 GMT

Are you running IE6 or IE7 currently?

IE Tools | Internet Options | Advanced | Browsing | Automatically check for
IE updates (uncheck).

PS: You'll have to completely disable Spybot Tea Timer (if enabled) to be
able to do this and have it stay that way. See
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=32409

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> As of this morning when I hit IE, I get
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx even though my
> internet options is set to ATT Yahoo. My spybot detects the change and if
> I
> hit home...it goes right to my homepage. What gives?

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