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Why does my homepage get changed without my knowledge

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Have you downloaded any extension or toolbar for your browser recently? Change of homepage usually occurs when you download or add a new extension or toolbar to your browser.

While some toolbars and extensions are harmless to your system, many others like Ask.com are classified as potentially harmful. They may not just degrade the performance of your system but also hack the confidential data within. Hence, you must get rid of them at the earliest.

We can suggest you specific solutions if you share with us the name of the browser you are using and the homepage that is coming up.
In the meanwhile, we recommend you to update your security software and scan your system thoroughly to know if it is infected by any kind of malware.

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Hello Peter,

In order to prevent programs like AVG from changing your homepage please pay attention to those options during the installing of these programs. They will often ask you to install additional toolbars or change your homepage.

To change your homepage please do the following:
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  2. Open the options/preferences
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From your question, it is understood that you want to set Google.com as homepage on your web browser. Also, whenever you try to open your browser, you are getting Ask search.

For your information, Ask search is a kind of virus which infects your browser and changes browser settings without your knowledge. Hence, it is vital to remove it completely from your computer. To do this, the following link can be helpful:
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-ask-toolbar-and-search/

Once you have removed Ask from your computer, you can set Google.com as you homepage by following the instructions mentioned on the following link:
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Now check the homepage by clicking over the Home icon on any opened tab.
If you have already done the above and the homepage has not changed, then some program is preventing you to change the homepage. You must uninstall that program before trying the above process again.
You have identified the MY WEB SEARCH as a possible reason and actually it may have caused the problem. But so far I know, it changes the default search engine (in Mozilla, it is Google Search) to it's own type. And there are lots of toolbars (e.g. ask toolbar) , search engines (e.g. babylon search) available, which changes the default homepages and search engines when they are installed. And you should uninstall these search engines or such like unnecessary programs to check whether it solves your problem or not.

These programs usually come as a by-product when you install a software, and if you install the original product in the default mode, these by-products get installed on your computer without you knowing. So, it is always safe to install the softwares in custom mode.


And one thing again, you have used Deviantart Windows 7 Style For Vista to change the look of vista to windows 7. These type of programs usually changes the core system files, so when you will uninstall the software it will leave some elements of its own and your OS look can be a mix of Vista and Seven. And even more, some programs may not work properly. So my advice is to avoid these softwares for your own safety.


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