Parasite alert!
Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions
If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.
Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
and:
SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/
p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.
More: This may be caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware,
parasite).
Get AdAware and SpyBot and run them both. Keep them up to date.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Additional link:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
You may need this removal tool.
More: Complete list by variant with up-to-date information.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html
More: Removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
--
Henri Leboeuf
Web page:
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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"JRM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:11b7301c4420d$32ec46d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The only way IE6 will open up websites is if I type the
> full address, eg. "http://wwww.google.com". Leaving out
> the "http://" causes a pop-up error window which states
> that "Internet explorer could not open 'address', please
> check path or internet address and try again".
>
> What gives? I've checked for viruses and spy/mal/adware,
> and I'm clean. I remember older versions of IE having a
> similar problem that was related to sites encoding in the
> wrong language... but that doesn't seem to the the issue
> here.
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