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General Computer Support / IE hijacker (virus?) istart123.com (SOLVED)

« on: February 09, 2015, 03:00:34 pm »

Hi, I encountered this program/virus called WinZipper. I uninstalled it however it changed all the settings of IE and Chrome to open to a website called istart123 . com(pic). I believe it to just ad-ware, some believe to to be spyware. No matter what I do I cannot get rid of it on IE(I managed to remove it by uninstalling and re installing chrome). I have changed the settings through internet options to set the homepage back to normal, the same with the new tab window. Now it only appears when I start a new window on IE. I have tried a full system scan through SFC /SCANNOW, Malwarebytes, and the Tweaking program with all optional requirements. Nothing is detected in any of them. I have even tried to turn it off through the "Turn Windows features on and off". It is still there when I turn it back on. My only thought as to what to do next is to delete and re-install IE, but I do not know how. Any solution to this rather annoying problem?

System OS: Windows 8.1
IE version: 11