Searching from Address Bar

[Gaz]

I've got a problem when typing something to search by in
the IE address bar, and it should come up with the MSN
search page....it now doesn't, after my wife accidentally
installed some crap on the machine (which I've now
removed). For example, if I type in the word, "yahoo", it
tells me that "the page cannot be displayed", and in the
address bar is, "http:///? yahoo".

I have installed and run Spybot and Ad-Aware s/w as
stated in similar postings of this nature, but nothing's
changed.

Can anyone suggest a remedy?

Thanks,

Gaz.

 

[¿WhyMe?]

Same problem here, and it's driving me nuts!!
Any assistence would be greatly appreciated.
See my additional post on the same topic for more details.

~WhyMe.

 

[Mike Burgess]

Gaz,
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites and Toolbars
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Includes: Repair the corrupted or altered (spyware) HTTP prefixes
Download: RepairDefaultPrefix.reg

See: "How to remove Coolwebsearch and affiliates"
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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 01-08-04]
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