Search with Address Bar

[Colin]

When I go into the Tools, Internet Options, Advanced tabs
of Internet Explorer, And it gives the options to "go to
most likely' 'Display results and go to most likely' Just
display the results' 'do not search from address bar'
My browser defaults to "Do not Search from...." Even when
I change it it automatically goes back to the other.
Now when I type in a name "eg; ASUS" all I get is a blank
page. I got rid of the LOP pages but now it won't search.
Any ideas, answers, suggestions, fixes would be widely
appreciated. Thank You

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

You can reset the IE search/start defaults by installing
%windir%\inf\iereset.inf. Right-click the file and select "install".
Then you should be able to access your settings and change it to
something else. Google has instructions and a .reg file that will set
things to search google.

 

[siljaline]

When I go into the Tools, Internet Options, Advanced tabs
of Internet Explorer, And it gives the options to "go to
most likely' 'Display results and go to most likely' Just
display the results' 'do not search from address bar'
My browser defaults to "Do not Search from...." Even when
I change it it automatically goes back to the other.
Now when I type in a name "eg; ASUS" all I get is a blank
page. I got rid of the LOP pages but now it won't search.
Any ideas, answers, suggestions, fixes would be widely
appreciated. Thank You

Spyware Alert!
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/lop.html
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=knowledgebase/threats/spybots-clop
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=405

Removal Tool, your choice, novice users, Lavasoft's Ad-aware,
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/new/privacy___security/aaw6181.exe

Lavasoft/Ad-aware home: http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Advanced users, SpyBot Search & Destroy,
http://studserver.uni-dortmund.de/~su1669/spybotsd12.exe

SpyBot home: http://security.kolla.de/
SpyBot How-To: http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/

Install either but both are not necessary, reboot, read FAQ and overview, use
online update feature to obtain the latest reference files, scan for Spyware
much like you would with your pre-installed anti-virus scanner.
Rid your machine of unwanted Spyware pests.

HTH



--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

You can reset the IE search/start defaults by installing

%windir%\inf\iereset.inf.

Kent,

Is this intended to be anything different from using
Tools, Options, Programs, Reset Web Settings...

Mike Burgess cautioned me about suggesting that
since a hijacker could override it too. I was assuming that he meant
that the .inf file would have been corrupted but perhaps all they can do
is point to their own .inf file in a different location?


Robert Aldwinckle

 

[Colin]

I have tried the reset, I have tried the spybot, I have
tried reinstalling IE6 and some things are repaired.
LOP.com has a remove program which I also ran and still
the problem persists. I cannot search from the address bar.
I even ran the google.reg but when I search I get a blank
page now and need to use an actual seach engine. It
defaults on it's own to "don't search from address bar" I
have a feeling it is something in the registry that tell
it the default is turned on to that one and needs to be
changed from that end somewhere.