Some nefarious person installed a cookie or some such on
my computer that will no longer allow me to search by
URL. It has the Address bar locked and when I type a URL
into the Search field sends me to Searchium, Global
Explorer and other such brand X search engines.

What can I do to restore the ability to search by URL?

-dw

"Dave Weber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:01a801c3abbd$14d2bdf0$(E-Mail Removed)
> Some nefarious person installed a cookie or some such on
> my computer that will no longer allow me to search by
> URL. It has the Address bar locked and when I type a URL
> into the Search field sends me to Searchium, Global
> Explorer and other such brand X search engines.
>
> What can I do to restore the ability to search by URL?
>
> -dw

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

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