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Oct 2^nd, 2006 at 7:20pm

Jon H Offline
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Whenever I first connect to the internet with Internet Explorer, the first page that loads always goes to

This happens wheather it is the home page or any other page.

The status bar will breifly display: cache.freeserve.net before I get the message, despite my not using freeserve for my ISP.

The problem developed a couple of months ago, and only on two of five userspaces on my computer.
I've just updated to Internet Explorer 7 and completely reset to default settings, but this doesn't fix it.

Can anyone help me sort this out?

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Reply #1 - Oct 3^rd, 2006 at 4:46am

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May want to try a spyware scan or run HiJackThis to see if you have a browser hijacker.

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Reply #2 - Oct 3^rd, 2006 at 11:42am

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May want to try a spyware scan or run HiJackThis to see if you have a browser hijacker.

I've just tried this, but nothing comes up.

I also discovered that the page it goes to is

www-cache.freeserve.net

It only happens after I first connect my broadband, so could it be anything to do with this?

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Reply #3 - Oct 3^rd, 2006 at 2:41pm

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when you first start up the broadband eh? Sounds like a router issue (Ports and such) I run mine completely open (Unsafe, so hack me!) and I also leave my computer on 24/7 unless somebody isnt home.... and I also run my net 24/7 (Router is ALWAYS on) I just reccon you leave the broadband on all the time and do a little google searching..... Gunny, the worlds unsafe and unsecure internet user! (did I mention I dont run virus software either)

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Reply #4 - Oct 4^th, 2006 at 9:06am

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If I connect the broadband THEN open Internet Explorer I don't get the problem.
It only happens when I open Internet Explorer first, and it then connects.

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Reply #5 - Oct 4^th, 2006 at 10:33am

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Always load the net before opening the browser, thats the problem, happens to everyone! Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #6 - Oct 4^th, 2006 at 11:48am

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I think I fixed it.
I went to Tools > Internet Options > Connections > Settings > Properties > Options > X.25 and changed the top setting from (none) to InfoNetX25.

Despite this setting having reverted to (none) next time I checked, the issue I had has vanished.

Very odd.

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Reply #7 - Oct 4^th, 2006 at 12:04pm

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As long as you connect to the internet before opening the internet browser you will not have the problem. Because how can the browser find the web page if it's not connected to the internet?

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Reply #8 - Oct 4^th, 2006 at 8:13pm

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my thoughs exactly woodlouse, Gunny

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Reply #9 - Oct 5^th, 2006 at 10:59am

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...how can the browser find the web page if it's not connected to the internet?

Well it does now!
Internet Explorer should connect before trying to load the page. That wasn't the trouble I was having.

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