Address bar open command

[Gary]

When I use the open command to navigate to a site, ie,
www.something.com, the response I get is
http://garbage=www.something.com and an error saying the
site cannot be found. How do I get rid of the garbage so
the open command sends me to the site I typed?

It seems that an unfriendly site has poisoned my browser.
I have tried to remove and reinstall IE, and turned off
the auto complete.

Gary

 

[H Leboeuf]

Remove all the parasites on your computer.
Delete all the spywares and bad BHOs from your system.
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/spyware.htm

List of bad BHOs.
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/

For any new version if this is your case:

Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
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Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
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Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the below location:
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Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message.

HijackThis Quick Start Help
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm