Comet Cursor

[Guest]

I have a family member who was complaining of not being able to type anything
in the search bar. When I checked the search bar I found that Comet Cursor
had hijacked the IEX search. I used Spy Sweeper to clean out Comet Cursor,
but now there is no search capability in IEX.

I attempted to update IEX, but it will not update because the updater sees
the version as up to date, but when I check for the Version number, I get an
"ERROR 96 UNSPECIFIED ERROR".

Does anyone know how to fix this problem short of completely reloading WIN XP?

 

[PA Bear]

Check for 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/

When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to
use. It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.
**Post your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**

 

[Emrys Davies]

I have a family member who was complaining of not being able to type anything
in the search bar. When I checked the search bar I found that Comet Cursor
had hijacked the IEX search. I used Spy Sweeper to clean out Comet Cursor,
but now there is no search capability in IEX.

I attempted to update IEX, but it will not update because the updater sees
the version as up to date, but when I check for the Version number, I get an
"ERROR 96 UNSPECIFIED ERROR".

Does anyone know how to fix this problem short of completely reloading

WIN XP?

Some similarities here and you may think that it is worth trying.

http://www.winxptutor.com/ieabout.htm

Regards,
Emrys Davies.