Hi,

IE 6 is no longer allowing me to search from the address
bar. As an example, clearing the field of text and typing
in cats brings up "page can not be found" with this
http:///?%20cats in the address bar. Never had this issue
before.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled IE with no change.

This is running on latest version of xp professional.

Running nortons firewall and antivirus.

This started after the spyware program I run by
www.bulletproofsoft.com found a couple entries in the
registry. Am running their latest version 8.

Any ideas how to correct this issue would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Larry

Larry,
BPS Spyware is bogus and should be uninstalled.
The " http:///?%20cats" usually indicates a broken URL prefix setting.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Includes: Repair the corrupted or altered (spyware) HTTP prefixes
See section: Various Registry Fixes = "RepairDefaultPrefix.reg"
[or - manually]
Open Regedit to the following locations and verify the below default
entries:
Start | Run (type) "regedit" (no quotes)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\DefaultPre
fix]
@="http://"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 01-20-04]
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"Larry Giannou" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:34f101c3e25b$17f21bf0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> IE 6 is no longer allowing me to search from the address
> bar. As an example, clearing the field of text and typing
> in cats brings up "page can not be found" with this
> http:///?%20cats in the address bar. Never had this issue
> before.
>
> I have uninstalled and reinstalled IE with no change.
>
> This is running on latest version of xp professional.
>
> Running nortons firewall and antivirus.
>
> This started after the spyware program I run by
> www.bulletproofsoft.com found a couple entries in the
> registry. Am running their latest version 8.
>
> Any ideas how to correct this issue would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Larry
>