controlling bad URLs

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Hi all,

Whenever I type in a bad URL, either just a typo error, or a URL that really
doesn't exist, MSIE takes me all over the place. Sometimes it goes to some
search engine page that tries to hijack my PC. It pops up about 4 ads, and
then it wants to change my home page, and who knows what else it is doing in
the background.

How to I control MSIE so that it just gives me a simple 404 page not found
error without taking me to some site that I DON'T want to visit.

Thanks for your help.

Larry
 
Hi all,

Whenever I type in a bad URL, either just a typo error, or a URL that
really doesn't exist, MSIE takes me all over the place. Sometimes it
goes to some search engine page that tries to hijack my PC. It pops
up about 4 ads, and then it wants to change my home page, and who
knows what else it is doing in the background.

How to I control MSIE so that it just gives me a simple 404 page not
found error without taking me to some site that I DON'T want to visit.

Thanks for your help.

Larry
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First eliminate any scumware.
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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Thanks Frank, lots of good info.

I already run WinPatrol, AdAware and SpyBot. I'll try the others, too.

Larry
 
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