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| Disable the Internet Explorer Home Page Settings Area SUMMARY: Help protect your Internet Explorer home page from being accidentally changed.
To help prevent your Internet Explorer home page from changing, you can have SpywareBlaster apply a registry setting that keeps it from being changed. Note that this may not work against all spyware and adware as some threats can reverse this setting. However, this tweak will protect against some threats, so it is a good idea to perform it anyway.
1. From SpywareBlaster or Internet Explorer, change your home page to whatever you wish, such as about:blank.
2. From SpywareBlaster, click the "Tools" tab on the left.
3. Click the "Misc. IE Settings" tab on top.
4. Check "Disable the IE Home Page settings area in the Internet Tools Control Panel".
Note that if you ever later want to change the home page, you must go back and reverse this tip (clear the checkbox). Also, some other spyware /adware programs may generate a false alarm when they notice this registry change was applied.
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