Homepage Protection
What is Homepage Protection?
The AOL Homepage Protection program is designed to prevent other programs form modifying your web browsers's home page and keeps it set to AOLs specified page. If it sees another prorgam attempting to change the home page it will promt the user with a popup dialog and ask them if they want to 'protect' the page from being modified.
Overview
It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The main program executable is HomepageProtection.dll. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 812 KB (831,488 bytes).
Program details
Displayed publisher: AOL Products
URL: www.aol.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\common files\homepage protection
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Homepage Protection\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 812 KB
Files installed by Homepage Protection
| Program module: | HomepageProtection.dll |
| Name: | Homepage Protection |
| Signed by: | AOL LLC |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\common files\homepage protection\HomepageProtection.dll |
| MD5: | 097e5757dcc2dfebeb5502218dc707ef |
Additional files:
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uninstall.exe (by AOL Products) - AOL Homepage Protection Utility
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HomepageProtection.dll (by AOL Products) - Homepage Protection
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hpRegWriter.exe
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ieCheck.dll
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msvcr71.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- HomepageProtection.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'hpBHO Class' with the class of {ABD3B5E1-B268-407B-A150-2641DAB8D898} (HelloWorldBHO).
How do I remove Homepage Protection?
You can uninstall Homepage Protection from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Homepage Protection, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Homepage Protection.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Homepage Protection you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 79%
Win XP 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 48%
Keep it 52%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #4,376
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
87.81% |
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| Windows 10 |
6.70% |
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| Windows Vista |
3.90% |
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| Windows XP |
1.59% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
82.02% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
5.13% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
3.36% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
2.90% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.60% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
1.60% |
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Geography
97.28% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
97.28% |
| Canada |
0.36% |
| Mexico |
0.19% |
| India |
0.17% |
| PR |
0.17% |
| Israel |
0.17% |
| United Kingdom |
0.17% |
| Australia |
0.10% |
| Argentina |
0.10% |
| Netherlands |
0.10% |
| Germany |
0.10% |
| Lebanon |
0.07% |
| New Zealand |
0.07% |
| Philippines |
0.07% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
95.56% |
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| Dell |
3.44% |
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| Acer |
0.54% |
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| Toshiba |
0.45% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
11.45% |
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| HP G60 Notebook PC |
10.47% |
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| HP G71 Notebook PC |
9.82% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
8.05% |
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| HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook ... |
4.38% |
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| Compaq-Presario NY540AA-A... |
2.33% |
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