> The problem specifically is that if I type in
www.yahoo.com, the browser
> will automatically put www in front and either .org or .net behind
That's a symptom that your DNS is failing while IE's AutoSearch
is enabled.
You can bypass AutoSearch simply by using a proper protocol
prefix on the URLs you enter. E.g. if you have AutoSuggest enabled
and you start typing and you see a match in the dropdown list
then selecting a full URL (or a Favorite which links to a full URL)
should avoid the symptom.
Then your problem will be making your DNS work better.
That could be a sign of residual corruption (or continuing control
by malware) of your protocol stack.
XPsp2 has a new command which helps refresh part of the registry
which is involved with that:
E.g. enter in a command window:
netsh winsock reset
BTW there is also a show catalog command;
so before doing a reset it might be interesting
to save the old catalog display and then compare
it with the new one, just to convince yourself that
this was worth doing. The complete set of commands
for doing that would be:
netsh winsock show catalog >oldcat.txt
netsh winsock reset
netsh winsock show catalog >newcat.txt
fc oldcat.txt newcat.txt >diffcat.txt
notepad diffcat.txt
If diffcat.txt shows any differences I for one would
be interested in seeing such a report.
Here's an excerpt from a previous reply about the same issue
where I mentioned some other diagnostic and repair possibilities.
Please notice in particular my last caveat. This is slightly off-topic
for this newsgroup.
<excerpt>
FYI for XPsp2 there is a new repair command for the latter possibility:
netsh winsock reset
Otherwise there is
netsh interface ip reset
You might try checking for abnormalities beforehand by
netsh winsock show catalog type=LSP
ipseccmd show filters
(ipseccmd is on the XP Pro Support Tools)
BTW you may get better suggestions in a newsgroup
which specializes in networking for your OS.
</excerpt>
Good luck
Robert Aldwinckle
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"HWhite" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm working with a Gateway laptop running XP Pro that was infested with
> Spyware/Adware. It also had a couple viruses. Everything seems to be clean
> now, after running Spybot, AdAware, Microsoft's Spyware Beta, and 2 or 3
> other programs. All scans come back clean. I also did an XP boot to
> CD/repair on this drive and the browser worked fine when still in SP1 mode.
> As soon as I updated to SP2, the browser problems came back.
>
> The problem specifically is that if I type in www.yahoo.com, the browser
> will automatically put www in front and either .org or .net behind... so it
> would make it www.www.yahoo.com.net or .org. I also cannot browse network
> shares when this happens.
>
> I would appreciate anybody's help on this.
>
> Thanks.
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