Address Bar Search Problem

[steveo]

When I type a search word into the address bar, a porn
site pops up... can anyone tell me how to disable?
I tried resetting, etc... nothing seems to work.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[Henri 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/

Henri Leboeuf
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Steveo - enter the following (NOT including the dashed lines) into
Notepad and save as: RestoreSearch.reg, then double click on the saved
file to restore your default search settings.
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Do404Search"=hex:01,00,00,00
"Search
Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Search Bar"="http://search.msn.com/intl/searchpane/en-au/prov2.htm"
"Use Custom Search URL"= dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srcha
sst.htm"
"CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchc
ust.htm"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Default_Search_URL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar
=iesearch"
"Search
Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
""="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s"
" "="+"
"&"="%26"
"+"="%2B"
"#"="%23"
"?"="%3F"
"="="%3D"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Search
Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Search Bar="http://search.msn.com/intl/searchpane/en-au/prov2.htm"


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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
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In [email protected], steveo typed:

 

[Scott Thompson]

Hi Steveo - enter the following (NOT including the dashed lines) into
Notepad and save as: RestoreSearch.reg, then double click on the saved
file to restore your default search settings.
----------------------------

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Do404Search"=hex:01,00,00,00
"Search
Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Search Bar"="http://search.msn.com/intl/searchpane/en-au/prov2.htm"
"Use Custom Search URL"= dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srcha
sst.htm"
"CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchc
ust.htm"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Default_Search_URL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar
=iesearch"
"Search
Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
""="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s"
" "="+"
"&"="%26"
"+"="%2B"
"#"="%23"
"?"="%3F"
"="="%3D"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Search
Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Search Bar="http://search.msn.com/intl/searchpane/en-au/prov2.htm"


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I followed your instructions to the letter (I'm having the same
problems). In fact I pasted the whole thing in the file (lines with
dashes and all). Then I deleted the lined with the dashes.

I saved it as RestoreSearch.reg. Tried to merge it and got an error
response of....

"Cannot Import.... The specified file is not a registry script. You
can import only registry files."

Scott