Address bar loses search functionality

[Mitch]

Hello People,

We have been having this problem, where after running
ad-aware on win2k systems, the users complain that they
cant use the address bar for searching anymore.

Ex: if you would type red sox in the address bar, it would
take you right to the site. Now it will show a page that
says, page cannot be displayed. Also the text in the
address bar changes to %20red%20sox.

I know the %20 is put in if there is a space, but I don;t
know the relenvance to that.

In tools, internet options, advanced, search options, I
made sure the radio button was set to "display the results
and go to the most likely site", was selected. I tried
selecting the other search options, nothing made any
difference.

Someone mentioned that a registry key might have been
deleted by ad-aware, can anyone confirm that? If so,
how can I get it back?

Please help, our users are not happy about this.
thank you very much.
/Mitch

 

[Kedunk]

Ad aware catches some of the spyware, but, not all of it. Search for Spybot.
Install and run it to remove spyware that Ad Aware misses. Also, Ad aware
will remove spyware that spybot misses. I run them both to make sure I get
it all.

Hope this helps.

C.E. Jones