Re: Escaped characters are added to typed URLs

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From: H Leboeuf (NoAddress_at_generation.invalid)
Date: 03/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 13:55:03 -0500

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"Randy Frickston" <monkey_sausage@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I suppose that I should have put that into my first post.
> I've already cleaned all of the systems that I have had
> this problem with. No malware, info miners, adware, etc.
> I have also seen this on freshly installed operating
> systems and have talked with co-workers about this problem
> to verify that it's not just me seeing it.
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"Randy Frickston" <monkey_sausage@hotmail.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:12e3c01c411ec$17ca8980$a401280a@phx.gbl
> >> Sometimes (not all) when I type a URL into the address
> bar
> >> in IE6, the browser prepends the URL with an escaped
> space
> >> (for example, "www.mydomain.com" becomes "%
> >> 20www.mydomain.com") which, of course, results in "The
> >> page can not be displayed".
> >> To begin with, I believed that this was a personal issue
> >> and that I might simply be highlighting the URL in the
> >> address bar and then clearing it by typing a space
> before
> >> typing the URL. I modified the method by which I clear
> the
> >> address bar in several ways. First I started by using a
> >> backspace to clear the bar and then, when that failed, I
> >> started just typing in the URL without bothering to
> clear
> >> the bar (since the highlightes section is automatically
> >> replaced with whatever I type in).
> >> I discovered that many people are actually having this
> >> problem, though I find no knowledge base articles on the
> >> subject (perhaps a poor search?) and no articles in this
> >> newsgroup.
> >> This has always been a real annoyance for me (thankfully
> >> there are other browsers out there that DON'T do this).
> >> Especially because, when I then try and re-type the URL,
> >> IE keeps ahold of the previously-typed, incorrect URL
> and
> >> I have to actually close the browser window and open a
> new
> >> one, in order to retype the correct URL.
> >> Any suggestions?
> >
> >First eliminate any scumware.
> >See
> >Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and
> Search Engines
> >http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> >
> >Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some
> things the other
> >won't.  Also, each needs to be updated before every use,
> even when just
> >downloaded.  There's also a lot more to do than just
> those two programs.
> >CWShredder is also available here:
> >http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
> >**Post your HijackThis log to
> >http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
> >http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
> >Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot,
> HijackThis and CWShredder
> >may be found on this page:
> >http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
> >If trying everything at that site does not fix the
> problem please post back
> >in the same thread.
> >
> >-- 
> >Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
> >Please respond in Newsgroup.  Do not send email
> >http://www.fjsmjs.com
> >Protect your PC
> >http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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