

Use the right mouse button to click once on the icon and select “Properties.” Navigate to the “Shortcut” tab and look at the field labeled “Target.” If you see any text at all after iexplore.exe, delete it (but leave iexplore.exe alone). Find the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop (or wherever you typically double-click the icon to launch the browser).If you don’t recognize it, delete it and select “Use new tab.” Back in the Tools menu, select “Internet Options,” then take a look at the “Home Page.” The URL listed in that box is your browser’s default homepage.

If you don’t recognize something, click it, then click “Remove.”

Make sure the Chrome buttons haven’t been messed with.If you see anything other than a blank page or a page you specifically configured to show up when you start the browser, select the listed site, then press the X to delete. Chrome: Click “Settings” in the Chrome menu, then click “Set Pages” (just below “On Startup”).Sometimes adware will hijack your browser’s default webpage and search engines. Check your browser start page, search engines and other defaults.
