IE 6 / Browser won't respond to new web addresses

[Mark Hartzler]

Previously, my IE6 worked fine. Now, it will correctly
link only to those addresses already listed as a favorite.
"New" web addresses manually loaded in the address bar
always default to "linksynergy" and goes nowhere.

Normally, I would remove the program and reload, but, I
can't extract IE6 from Windows XP. I have downloaded
Netscape and it is working good, but, I would like to "fix"
IE6.

Any ideas ? ..... Microsoft is of course no help.

Mark

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Previously, my IE6 worked fine. Now, it will correctly
link only to those addresses already listed as a favorite.
"New" web addresses manually loaded in the address bar
always default to "linksynergy" and goes nowhere.

Normally, I would remove the program and reload, but, I
can't extract IE6 from Windows XP. I have downloaded
Netscape and it is working good, but, I would like to "fix"
IE6.

Any ideas ? ..... Microsoft is of course no help.

Mark

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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