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FLyellowdog

(4,276 posts) Thu Aug 2, 2012, 05:11 PM Aug 2012

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Ping! Pong! Search...

I haven't noticed this on my computer before today. Any thoughts?

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Ping! Pong! Search... (Original Post) FLyellowdog Aug 2012 OP

Some details would be nice. RC Aug 2012 #1

No, when I do a search FLyellowdog Aug 2012 #2

What are you using for a search engine? RC Aug 2012 #3

Google FLyellowdog Aug 2012 #4

IE is easy to hijack. RC Aug 2012 #5

RC

(25,592 posts)

1. Some details would be nice.

Reply to FLyellowdog (Original post)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 09:23 AM

Aug 2012

As a guess, is this it?
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/pingpong.shtml

FLyellowdog

(4,276 posts)

2. No, when I do a search

Reply to RC (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 12:35 PM

Aug 2012

it's now being routed through Ping!Pong! engine. I didn't put that on as far as I can tell.

Just don't understand when strange things show up on my PC.

thanks.

RC

(25,592 posts)

3. What are you using for a search engine?

Reply to FLyellowdog (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 12:54 PM

Aug 2012

Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo? Also which web browser are you using? What is your Home page when you start your browser?

FLyellowdog

(4,276 posts)

4. Google

Reply to RC (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 01:01 PM

Aug 2012

Homepage is iGoogle. Use IE.

RC

(25,592 posts)

5. IE is easy to hijack.

Reply to FLyellowdog (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 08:22 PM

Aug 2012

Try setting up Firefox to iGoogle as the home page. If that works, put the same url from Firefox into IE and see if that works.

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