Re: Restoring the "?" search function
From: LuckyStrike (LS_at_smokedamagedfurniture.youcandriveitawaytoday.com)
Date: 06/22/04
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:40:22 -0600
Hmmm. Never used that before. Just tried it; placed a "?" in the address bar
and got "page cannot be displayed" and the addy became http:///? .
Obviously, I am of no help on this. But an explanation of whatever value
placing a "?" in the address bar to search would be welcomed. Unless you
mean that the mere placement of the "?" in that location>Go : would bring up
your MSN search engine. Izzat it? ;-) Still didn't work for me with my
search engine or home page. :-\
Anyway, it seems to me if it re-directs your page to some unwanted page,
you've a hijacking issue to deal with.
Customary drill, in the following order of appearance:
Ad-Aware
CWShredder
Spybot S&D
HijackThis
On-line rudimentary scan for parasites
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm
More in depth on-line scan for parasites
GFI Trojanscan
http://www.trojanscan.com/trojanscan/
PestPatrol on-line scan
http://www.pestscan.com/home.asp
The parasite fight - Jim Eshelman WSC helpsite
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.php
Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
CWShredder
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download
Spybot Tutorial (Must Read)
http://tomcoyote.com/SPYBOT/index1.php
http://tomcoyote.com/SPYBOT/index2.php
With HijackThis, seek help with the log created at scan from SpywareInfo
Forums. *Do not remove *ANYTHING* without assistance*. It is a very powerful
program and can render your PC in poor working order if you indiscriminately
start removing things.
Remember; this program is for an entirely different purpose, is for the most
stubborn malware, and is very dangerous if used improperly. You have been
warned.
HijackThis
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Tutorial **(MUST READ)**
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html
http://hjt.wizardsofwebsites.com/
SpywareInfo Forums
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/
other help forums for HijackThis
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?c=19
http://forums.tomcoyote.com/index.php?showforum=27
Might also want to consider Javacools SpywareGuard, which notifies you of
attempted changes to Home page, search bar, and other settings related to
them. It runs in the background, is relatively free of "bugs" (faults; like
it does disable my "tooltips" when running W98se. Doesn't for all users, but
it does on mine.), is freeware, and isn't a large application.
SpywareGuard
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
This will only be effective when you've restored what you want. Then it will
notify you of attempted changes in "real-time".
HTH -
-- LuckyStrike LS@smokedamagedfurniture.youcandriveitawaytoday.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- LuckyStrike LS@smokedamagedfurniture.youcandriveitawaytoday.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ryan" <rcasteel@charter.net> wrote in message news:1f42d01c457f5$81bb0d20$a301280a@phx.gbl... > I just recently uninstalled one of those programs that > automatically attaches itself to Internet Explorer like a > parasite...lol It was a search program that took over my > ability to use the "?" in the address bar to search for a > webpage. Before the program was installed, I could use > the question mark in the address bar and use MSN Search > page. After the program installed itself, it redirected > my browser to www.sirsearch.com when I used the "?" in > the address bar. <snip>
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