autosearch problem from IE6 address bar

[TK]

when I do a search from the address bar I get a page
cannot be displayed message and the string in the address
bar looks like this .....If I do a search for pizza for
instance http:///? pizza. I have checked the registry
autosearch defaults they seem ok.. I reinstalled
IE6...didnt help...still does it eveen in safe mode...I
have run adaware and spybot.. anyone have any suggestions
I would appreciate it . Really an inconvenient problem.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi TK - Download and run this .reg file from Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG

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[kevin]

I had the same problem and this did not fix it.

Kev

 

[kevin]

I have the same problem.have you found a solution?

 

[Mike Burgess]

TK,
Go to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-03-03]
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[Mike Burgess]

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

Includes: Repair the corrupted or altered (spyware) HTTP prefixes
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-03-03]
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[kevin]

I keep telling everyone. I have done all of the fixes to
remove the trojan that started this problem in the first
place. What I need is the fix now to get the autosearch
to work from the address bar again.

Kev

-----Original Message-----
TK,
Go to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-03- 03]
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
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when I do a search from the address bar I get a page
cannot be displayed message and the string in the address
bar looks like this .....If I do a search for pizza for
instance http:///? pizza. I have checked the registry
autosearch defaults they seem ok.. I reinstalled
IE6...didnt help...still does it eveen in safe mode...I
have run adaware and spybot.. anyone have any suggestions
I would appreciate it . Really an inconvenient problem.

.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Kevin - Cool Web Search is a relatively new, rapidly mutated parasite
which your previous runs of SpyBot may not have been caught up to. Try
downloading, unzipping and running this:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip to remove the
parasite,

then close all instances of IE, re-run the RestoreSearch2.reg file and
re-boot.

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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[kevin]

Still no love. When I type any type of search from the
address bar i get http:///?followed by my search words
seperated by %20 in the spaces and page cannot be
displayed error. If I click on search everything is fine.
It is the autosearch feature that has failed. I have
checked everything I can think of in the registry.

Kevin

 

[kevin]

Still no love. Still getting http:///? followed by the
search words.

Kev

 

[Mike Burgess]

kevin,
Go to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-03-03]
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
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I keep telling everyone. I have done all of the fixes to
remove the trojan that started this problem in the first
place. What I need is the fix now to get the autosearch
to work from the address bar again.

Kev

-----Original Message-----
TK,
Go to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-03- 03]
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
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when I do a search from the address bar I get a page
cannot be displayed message and the string in the address
bar looks like this .....If I do a search for pizza for
instance http:///? pizza. I have checked the registry
autosearch defaults they seem ok.. I reinstalled
IE6...didnt help...still does it eveen in safe mode...I
have run adaware and spybot.. anyone have any suggestions
I would appreciate it . Really an inconvenient problem.

.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Kevin - Well, time for some detective work. Open that RestoreSearch2.reg
file (RS hereafter) in Notepad. Now open a new blank document in Notepad.
Using RS as a "guide", now open regedit and drill down to each of the keys
listed in RS and copy the key and its value to the "new" document. Be sure
that you do all of them and all values present for each key. If you know
how to, the easiest way to do this is to export each key in turn and then
copy/paste (just the key and values) it into the "new" document. When
you're finished, save the "new" document as CurrentValues.txt and then
please email me with it as an attachment. Use (jrbyrd @ comcast.net)
(with the obvious change of deleting the two spaces).

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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