IE6 opening page redirects

[dennisinoc]

Wierd stuff has begun to happen with my browser.
First, when I try to open it I get an error message
that ///c:/searchpage.html cannot be located.
Second, I click OK and IE opens with blank page;
Third, after a couple of seconds it redirects to
www.msn.com
Fourth, that is wierd because my internet options opening
page is www.yahoo.com BUT it won't go there.
HELP: any ideas??

 

[ben]

-----Original Message-----
Wierd stuff has begun to happen with my browser.
First, when I try to open it I get an error message
that ///c:/searchpage.html cannot be located.
Second, I click OK and IE opens with blank page;
Third, after a couple of seconds it redirects to
www.msn.com
Fourth, that is wierd because my internet options opening
page is www.yahoo.com BUT it won't go there.
HELP: any ideas??
.
Me too, has anyone replied, i can't work this newsgroups

thing. way over my head thx, ben

 

[H Leboeuf]

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

If this clears your problem then find out who the culprit(s) is/are with
these tools.

Let AD-Aware Scan your system for advertising Spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

and:

SpyBot-S&D
http://security.kolla.de/

p.s Reset the 3rd party browser setting.

Get AdAware and SpyBot and run them both. Keep them up to date.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

All you will probably need is this tool.

CoolWebSearch - CWS http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/
The: 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