Explorer "http:///" error

[Mike]

At random sites, my interent explorer goes does not load.
It goes to the "The page cannot be displayed" page and
has "http:///" under the address bar. When this happens,
the page that I want is in the process of loading. It
appears to fully load and then says "connecting to site
127.0.0.1" and then goes to the page I described above. I
tried using Adaware and Spybot but they both only fix the
problem for a little while. Anyone know what to do??

 

[larry]

have you tried the immunize feature in spybot???? and block
bad pages from loading..? or use mozilla.org the new
browser only is firefox. bad bugs are written for ie .

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

At random sites, my interent explorer goes does not load.
It goes to the "The page cannot be displayed" page and
has "http:///" under the address bar. When this happens,
the page that I want is in the process of loading. It
appears to fully load and then says "connecting to site
127.0.0.1" and then goes to the page I described above. I
tried using Adaware and Spybot but they both only fix the
problem for a little while. Anyone know what to do??

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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[Mike Burgess]

Mike,
The 3 slashes indicate Coolwebsearch trojan

How to remove Coolwebsearch and affiliates
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch

Note: this type hijack indicates an unpatched machine, that is lacking
in "Defense". Please visit Windows Update to avoid these exploits.
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 03-02-04]
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