MSN redirect for valid URLs?

[Guest]

Hey, Just recently I've been wrestling with my IE. It seems to not like going
anywhere when I need it to. For example, when I attempt to get to Google the
browser redirects me to the MSN redirect page offering the "Similar Adress"
to Google links. Even then when I click on those the page will actually
appear 40% of the time, otherwise it just shows Page Unavailable. When it
doesn't redirect me to MSN search it will throw in extended domains as if I
didn't type in .com "www.google.com.net" and so forth. The only pages that
don't give me problems are my Homepage and direct links from pages during the
40% appearance. I'm really quite boggled, it took me 2 hours just to get to
this community.. I was wondering if it was my internet but all other
applications that require internet are functioning properly. Am I missing
something?

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
This is possibly being caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware,
parasite)

Work through the solutions (CWShredder, Ad-aware, Spybot) at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Also note the security tips on that
page.

Additional information at:
The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
More security tips at http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

Hope this helps,
Don

 

[Guest]

Hey,
Thanks for the reply, I regularly do scans for adware and such malware and
take very good care towards organization of my computer so that I can always
pin point a problem should one arise. To be honest I work in repairing
computers and restoring them, but this really has me in a bind. The scan I
did with ad-aware before hand only revealed some temporary files in my
broswer cache which didn't affect performance by any means. I've been getting
good runs more often now but it's still fighting me a bit. I have a general
idea that it could possibly be my ISP if I rule out the other Internet
Accessing programs. Most likely it's right in front of me so I'll continue
playing trial and error.

Thanks much