Default Registry Search Page ??

[Mike Pietrantoni]

Hope someone can help here.

Browser got hijacked in a wierd way. If I type a normal URL in the
search window preceeded with http:// - it will go to the page
specified. However if I use the shortcut of omitting the http:// and
just put in the www.wherever.com - I wind up being redirected to some
expired porn page.

Checked the registry in:
My Computer\Hkey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer

and in the Search Page window listing is the url of the now defunct
porn site.

Question - The Search Page and Search URL are Reg_SZ files. What
should be their normal default so that I can get away from this idiot
porn redirect. Can I delete the Search Page Reg_SZ file ?? Or should
there be another, default URL in there ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Mike Pietrantoni

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Hope someone can help here.

Browser got hijacked in a wierd way. If I type a normal URL in the
search window preceeded with http:// - it will go to the page
specified. However if I use the shortcut of omitting the http:// and
just put in the www.wherever.com - I wind up being redirected to some
expired porn page.

Checked the registry in:
My Computer\Hkey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer

and in the Search Page window listing is the url of the now defunct
porn site.

Question - The Search Page and Search URL are Reg_SZ files. What
should be their normal default so that I can get away from this idiot
porn redirect. Can I delete the Search Page Reg_SZ file ?? Or should
there be another, default URL in there ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Mike Pietrantoni

Get and run these four programs (if you test after each one you can stop
when the problem is gone):
Ad-Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
and
Spybot - Search & Destroy -
http://security.kolla.de/
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download
http://spybot.eon.net.au/
http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/
and
BHO Demon: http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/
and
SpywareBlaster:
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html

Until the problem is solved.

Further advice available here:

If the problem site is your home page:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#home_page

If the problem is a pop-up window, your computer may have been hijacked.
For information about pop-up windows, how to get rid of them, and prevent
them in the future have a look at the link below:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#pop_up