HELP-CANNOT USE SEARCH ENGINES, ACCESS CERTAIN SITES

[Harold]

I HAVE INTERNET EXPLORER 6 USING XP. I RECENTLY INSTALLED
A PROXY SERVER (HTTP PROXY, I THINK) TO TRY TO GET ACCESS
TO KAZAA. TURNS OUT I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT SO I UNINSTALLED
THE PROXY, REVERTED MY INTERNET SETTINGS. NOW WHEN I
ACCESS THE MSN HOME PAGE I CANNOT SEARCH FOR ANYTHING. I
TYPE IN A TOPIC AND THE WINDOW, PUSH ENTER, AND IT SAYS
FILE NOT FOUND, AND THIS PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED. I
CANNOT EVEN ACCESS THE LYCOS OR GOOGLE WEBSITES. I CAN
STILL LOG INTO YAHOO AND CHECK EMAIL BUT CANNOT USE THE
SEARCH ENGINE. I HAVE AOL INSTANT MESSENGER AND THAT
WORKS FINE. ONE MORE NOTE: THE BOTTOM OF THE "THIS PAGE
CANNOT BE DISPLAYED SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT AN HTTP 404
ERROR, FILE NOT FOUND. AM I MISSING A FILE? PLEASE HELP.

 

[BobC]

I HAVE INTERNET EXPLORER 6 USING XP. I RECENTLY INSTALLED
A PROXY SERVER (HTTP PROXY, I THINK) TO TRY TO GET ACCESS
TO KAZAA. TURNS OUT I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT SO I UNINSTALLED
THE PROXY, REVERTED MY INTERNET SETTINGS. NOW WHEN I
ACCESS THE MSN HOME PAGE I CANNOT SEARCH FOR ANYTHING. I
TYPE IN A TOPIC AND THE WINDOW, PUSH ENTER, AND IT SAYS
FILE NOT FOUND, AND THIS PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED. I
CANNOT EVEN ACCESS THE LYCOS OR GOOGLE WEBSITES. I CAN
STILL LOG INTO YAHOO AND CHECK EMAIL BUT CANNOT USE THE
SEARCH ENGINE. I HAVE AOL INSTANT MESSENGER AND THAT
WORKS FINE. ONE MORE NOTE: THE BOTTOM OF THE "THIS PAGE
CANNOT BE DISPLAYED SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT AN HTTP 404
ERROR, FILE NOT FOUND. AM I MISSING A FILE? PLEASE HELP.

You probably have spyware and/or a virus. Download and install Spybot
Search and Destroy or Adaware
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Make sure your virus definitions are up to date for your antivirus
software.

 

[Dodo]

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