Incorrect path

[Leslie Fernandez]

First of all I was attacked by the so-
called "spyware," "hijacker" etc. and then i use some sort
of spyware removal to restore my old setting but before i
got the right spyware removal it takes a lot of downloads
to do because some downloadable spyware removal are only
for scan not for removal. Luckily i still i have my
account to Dell that i use to get a spyware removal. My
problem before was if i type in a site in the address bar
eg. www.yahoo.com it direct me to a certain
page "myexeexec...." but if i type http://www.yahoo.com it
will work. After i fix it. if i type yahoo.com to the
address bar, there is a error message says "please make
sure you type the correct path" but if i type it with
http://www.yahoo.com it will work. What do i need to
configure. Thanks for the help

 

[Guest]

This fix has been posted previously
Check these entries and correct as follows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\URL\DefaultPrefix default="http://"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\URL\Prefixes
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://"

PLEASE NOTE: EDITING THE REGISTRY CAN DAMAGE YOUR COMPUTER. IF YOU ARE NOT
SURE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, IT IS BEST NOT TO EDIT THE REGISTRY.

ALSO, here a two free programs you can download and use for scanning and
killing spyware/malware, ect.
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org
Ad-aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spyware Info:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Free AV Program:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php