"http:///" - What is this???

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Whenever I start IE, instead of loading the home page it attempts to load it and when it stops trying it displays "http:///" in the address bar. Yes, that's 3 slashes. If anyone has a solution, that would be grand.
 
-----Original Message-----
Whenever I start IE, instead of loading the home page it
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attempts to load it and when it stops trying it
displays "http:///" in the address bar. Yes, that's 3
slashes. If anyone has a solution, that would be grand.
.
tools,internet options,advance tab,restore
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default,apply,OK.
 
-----Original Message-----
Whenever I start IE, instead of loading the home page it
Click to expand...
attempts to load it and when it stops trying it
displays "http:///" in the address bar. Yes, that's 3
slashes. If anyone has a solution, that would be grand.
.
tools,internet options,retype your homepage with www.
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(whateveryourhomepage).com leaving out the
http://,,,,,,apply ok
 
you have been hijacked by varient of cool web search.
try spybot from safer-networking.org and update and scan
on easy to try and remove hijacker before more of it
downloads magically from the net.
-----Original Message-----
Whenever I start IE, instead of loading the home page it
Click to expand...
attempts to load it and when it stops trying it displays
"http:///" in the address bar. Yes, that's 3 slashes. If
anyone has a solution, that would be grand.
 
The culprit is this nasty parasite. Get the removal tool.

CoolWebSearch - CWS http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/
More: Complete list by variant with up-to-date information.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
More: Removal tool: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
More: Removal tool:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.bootconf.html
More: http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=640



raggden said:
Whenever I start IE, instead of loading the home page it attempts to load
Click to expand...
it and when it stops trying it displays "http:///" in the address bar. Yes,
that's 3 slashes. If anyone has a solution, that would be grand.
 
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