Re: using www vs. http:// as url start (www is currently failing)

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Thanks - this fixed! Planning on reading these resources this weekend.
While my work laptop has been running fine at home, both of my personal
machines have had Spyware compromises in the last 2-3 months.

"PA Bear" wrote:

> (Courtesy of MVP Mike Burgess)
>
> Use this registry fix:
>
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/RepairDefaultPrefix.reg
>
> After downloading, right-click and merge.
>
> Then, spend some time reading...
>
> Help with Hijackware
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
> http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>
> You may have more work to do.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security
>
> Mastering Newsgroups in Outlook Express
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/newsgroups.mspx
>
>
> Jason B wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm running IE 6.0 SP1 on a Win2k box. I recently installed SpyBot S&D
> > and
> > found all kinds of nasty Spyware. When I removed them via the SBS&D
> > software, I found that IE began spitting out "Page Cannot Be Displayed"
> > errors when using "www..." as the beginning of the url. Using
> > "http://www..."; works fine. I'd rather not go back and test each fix in
> > Spybot - hoping there's a quick switch in IE itself. Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Jason
>
>
.

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