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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:06 am    Post subject: Yahoo and Rediff opens Google ads page Reply with quote

At my office, when any PC on the network tries going to Yahoo or Rediff.com, the sites don't open, instead there is a page titled 'Home' which opens showing some google ads. I'd understand if this was happening on one PC it could be a virus, but it's happening on ALL of them.

And yes, it happens on IE as well as Firefox.

Wonder what is this?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The system admins have most likely set your standard search engine to
be Google, blocked Yahoo and Rediff, and set your home page to google dot com.

If you attempt to vist any blocked sites you will go to Google.
A search that yields no results it will then revert to Google.

You probably cannot change these settings as they are set via policy and
you probably have insufficient rights to change them.

Please remember that no one at WindowsSecurity will assist you in
defeating corporate policies or settings.

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