Explorer-searchpage

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Ulrik Dige

Hallo outhere,
never tried this before, but I hope that someone can help
me. My problem is when I type a address wrong, fx.
ww.dr.dk instead of www.dr.dk the Explorer takes me to a
search page called xsearch-something and my anti-virus
detects a virus at that page each time it happens. How do
I change to a another search-page? I have tried to restore
to all standard-settings, but it does not help.

Thank you in advance
Ulrik Dige
 
A Search site has downloaded something into your computer.

1. If you have Windows Messenger Service, disable it. The Messenger service
is typically not needed for home users.

Right-click My Computer and click Manage.
Fold out the Services and Applications option and click Services.
Right-click the Messenger entry, select Properties, and choose Disable under
Startup Type.
Click OK.

You should no longer receive messages sent via the messenger service.

2. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CWShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/cwshredder.html

3. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.

4. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php

Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.

5. For future preventive maintenance, make sure programs cannot just
download on your computer without your permission. From the Internet
Toolbar, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Make sure "Enable
Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)" and "Enable Install On Demand
(Other)" are unchecked.
 
Hallo my friend,
fantastic, it seem to work! Now Explorer redirects me to
Microsofts own search-page when I mis-spell an address.

Greetings
Ulrik/Copenhagen
 
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