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Unfortunately there is a contemptible trend that is becoming more and more common wherein the browser settings of web surfers are being hijacked forcibly by malicious web sites and software which modifies your default start and search pages.

A web surfer may innocently visit what looks to be an interesting web page, when in actuality it is really a hacker's lair. Unbeknownst to the visitor a small program or script is automatically downloaded to their hard drive. It only takes a split second. The hacker can now cause havoc on the surfer's machine.

In some cases they can take control of it.


Some signs that your computer may contain malicious code include:

• Your homepage keeps changing
• You notice an increase in popup ads
• Internet shortcuts will be added to your favorites folder without asking you
• Clicking on links send you to unintended websites
• Your PC is running extremely slow.
• Your PC starts up or shuts down extremely slow.

In some cases, these changes are reversible simply by going into internet options and switching them back.

Not always, though. Sometimes it's necessary to manually edit the windows registry to undo the changes made. Sometimes there is even a combination of registry setting and files secretly placed on your hard drive that redoes your settings every time you reboot the computer.

No matter how often you change your settings back, they are changed again the next time you restart. There have even been cases where internet options have been removed from the tools menu by registry hacking to prevent you from controlling your own computer!

If this is the case then you should take immediate action to cleanse your PC.

Be assured that we at WorldWideReviews did not force you to come to our website.

If you don't know how you arrived here then you were probably hijacked.

There are several software products to purchase that will remove most hijackers completely. A simple Google search should provide some choices.

For a FREE, quick online PC scan try the NoAdware website. This will be able to tell you if your PC is in fact infected ... BEFORE you go purchase a software solution.