Hi all,

Whenever I type in a bad URL, either just a typo error, or a URL that really
doesn't exist, MSIE takes me all over the place. Sometimes it goes to some
search engine page that tries to hijack my PC. It pops up about 4 ads, and
then it wants to change my home page, and who knows what else it is doing in
the background.

How to I control MSIE so that it just gives me a simple 404 page not found
error without taking me to some site that I DON'T want to visit.

Thanks for your help.

Larry

<larry> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
> Hi all,
>
> Whenever I type in a bad URL, either just a typo error, or a URL that
> really doesn't exist, MSIE takes me all over the place. Sometimes it
> goes to some search engine page that tries to hijack my PC. It pops
> up about 4 ads, and then it wants to change my home page, and who
> knows what else it is doing in the background.
>
> How to I control MSIE so that it just gives me a simple 404 page not
> found error without taking me to some site that I DON'T want to visit.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Larry

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

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

Thanks Frank, lots of good info.

I already run WinPatrol, AdAware and SpyBot. I'll try the others, too.

Larry

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> <larry> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Whenever I type in a bad URL, either just a typo error, or a URL that
> > really doesn't exist, MSIE takes me all over the place. Sometimes it
> > goes to some search engine page that tries to hijack my PC. It pops
> > up about 4 ads, and then it wants to change my home page, and who
> > knows what else it is doing in the background.
> >
> > How to I control MSIE so that it just gives me a simple 404 page not
> > found error without taking me to some site that I DON'T want to visit.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Larry
>
> First eliminate any scumware.
> See
> Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
>
> Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
> won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
> before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to
do
> than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cwshredder.zip
> **Post your HijackThis log to
> http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
> http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
> Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
> may be found on this page:
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
>
> If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Protect your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
>