Re: How can I disable smart links
From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/09/04
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Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 05:43:49 -0500
"Starshadow" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80B2B87C-42CB-4101-867D-4D54448FCD12@microsoft.com
> my partner tells me this is the problem...I've tried searching I E
> tools and can't for the life of me find this, but it's getting
> really annoying. She sys she wishes she could say it's a bug, but
> it's a "feature" deliberately put into IE and I can't figure out how
> to turn it off. It's screwing up downloads from sims object sites and
> messing up links to where I want to go, instead hijacking me to some
> commercial sites. If anyone can give me instructions on how to
> disable this I'd very much appreciate it. I can be reached at
> starshadow@starshadow.net as I may not be able to find my way back to
> the ng, since I found it by searching Microsoft's website. Thanks in
> advance to anyone who can help or will.
MS never included that feature in the final release of IE6. You probably
have the Ezula hijackware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, 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 with the program's update function
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 nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.
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