Wierd IE browser behavior

[Guest]

Noticed some were IE browsing behavior starting in April (at least thats when other users and I noticed it) where the browser will respond faster when you goto a site typing "http://www.randomsite.com" rather than just "www.randomsite.com" where it will hang (the world spinning in upper right) and act like it is having trouble finding the site. Pretty weird

All browsers are configured as Web Proxy Clients for the ISA Server, but the ISA server is configure and functioning as it always had. Getting great cache hit ratio at 60%

Have went the spyware route, but hasn't really been the definitive answer or solution

Any suggestions would be appreciated

 

[H Leboeuf]

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Quoted from a previous post.

Some program (usually spyware\parasite) may have overridden the URL prefix
setting?
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Includes: Repair the corrupted or altered (spyware) HTTP prefixes
See section: Various Registry Fixes = "RepairDefaultPrefix.reg"
[or - manually]
Open Regedit to the following locations and verify the below default
entries:
Start | Run (type) "regedit" (no quotes)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\DefaultPre
fix]
@="http://"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

Note: edit as needed, *always* Export before editing.
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Source: Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/

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Henri Leboeuf
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Noticed some were IE browsing behavior starting in April (at least thats

when other users and I noticed it) where the browser will respond faster
when you goto a site typing "http://www.randomsite.com" rather than just
"www.randomsite.com" where it will hang (the world spinning in upper right)
and act like it is having trouble finding the site. Pretty weird.

All browsers are configured as Web Proxy Clients for the ISA Server, but

the ISA server is configure and functioning as it always had. Getting great
cache hit ratio at 60%.