Search from address bar

[hoongroov]

I'm having a little problem with my address bar. I was
doing some browsing the other night trying to find a
topic for a school report when I got a site with a ton of
pop-ups attached to it. Ever since then Internet
Explorer won't go to websites I type into the address bar
without typing the entire address. If I don't type in
the entire address, it takes me to some no-name search
engine that I'm assuming is somehow connected to all the
pop-ups previously mentioned. I know that normally if
the address bar doesn't recognize my entry it takes me to
some MSN search site. I have tried reinstalling Internet
Explorer, deleting all my cookies, deleting my temporary
internet files and clearing my history. The problem
still occurs. What do I do?

 

[YK]

I'm having a little problem with my address bar. I was
doing some browsing the other night trying to find a
topic for a school report when I got a site with a ton of
pop-ups attached to it. Ever since then Internet
Explorer won't go to websites I type into the address bar
without typing the entire address. If I don't type in
the entire address, it takes me to some no-name search
engine that I'm assuming is somehow connected to all the
pop-ups previously mentioned. I know that normally if
the address bar doesn't recognize my entry it takes me to
some MSN search site. I have tried reinstalling Internet
Explorer, deleting all my cookies, deleting my temporary
internet files and clearing my history. The problem
still occurs. What do I do?

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