Can't Open Sites Without Typing Full "http:///" Addressess

[JRM]

The only way IE6 will open up websites is if I type the
full address, eg. "http://wwww.google.com". Leaving out
the "http://" causes a pop-up error window which states
that "Internet explorer could not open 'address', please
check path or internet address and try again".

What gives? I've checked for viruses and spy/mal/adware,
and I'm clean. I remember older versions of IE having a
similar problem that was related to sites encoding in the
wrong language... but that doesn't seem to the the issue
here.

 

[H Leboeuf]

Parasite alert!

Try this: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Browsing
Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions

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p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.

More: This may be caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware,
parasite).
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