Cannot Search from IE Adress Bar

[Alan]

I am having trouble searching from the IE address bar.
Whenver I type in something that is not a complete URL, it
just freezes up. Complete URLs will work though. I've
already played with the search options found under "Tools-
Internet Options-Advance", and that did not work. Any
other suggestions? This problem started when I got a
Comcast cable DSL connection. Thanks

 

[H Leboeuf]

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

If you must add http://www... then you may need this CoolWebSearch removal
tool.

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
[Exe] http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe