Not sure how I got this voodoo, but everytime I open up my browser, this site appears on one of the tabs.

I've ran Ad-ware and Spy-Bot thinking one of those programs will kick out whatever caused that to appear, but it hasn't worked.

Any ideas?

Atleast its an interesting site.

... sounds like you have a BHO installed ...

... do a regedit and then search & delete any registry that has "howstuffworks" in any part of the string ...

What is a "regedit"?

Ah... Think I found it.

Thank you, Jimmy.

^careful.

goto START

then RUN

type REGEDIT

then EDIT

then FIND

then type in: howstuffworks

ONLY DELETE the ACTUAL string on the right that has "howstuffworks" listed in it and ONLY delete a folder if it's named "howstuffworks"

you'll probably find several registry entries ...

... don't delete anything else ...

^ ... take heed to Andy's warning ...

... don't delete anything else ...

Andy,

... if we don't see him post within the next 24hrs, we'll know that he f'd it up ... LOL

8^/

I'm afraid to log out now.

... did you find registry entries?

... you'll need to do that again when you reboot and before opening a browser window ... some of the BHO's are nasty little bastards ...

... did you get rid of it for now though?

I found it in a start up file under TOOLS (there was a picture of Wheelrite there), BROWSER OPTIONS, and START UP OPTIONS.

Deleted howstufworks, and clicked OK.

Should that by itself work?

^ ... possibly ... but don't count on it ...

... you still need to check the registry entries ...

you can do some pretty bad damage fooling around in your registry......you can also reset trial periods for software, etc.....I'm smart enough to be dangerous, and I drink a lot so regedit is a bad thing for me.

I'm going to log off and log back on to see if my less risky attempt worked. Will report back......... if I can get back online.

Issue solved.

Thanks for spuring the thought process, guys.

LMFAO ....

... nobody can say it better than Andy ...

... glad to hear the REGEDIT worked for you ... that part saved you about $50.00 in buying software to take care of BHO's (Browser Hijackers) ...

... next time, if it's worse, e-mail me and I'll send you my # and I walk you through it over the phone ...

... MCSE certified on Windows NT and later ... I had no social life ... all I did was study and get degrees that are worthless now ... LOL

Thank you, Jimmy.