IE 6 address bar search, and other related issues

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dreamer

I no longer can do searches from the address bar, yes I
know about spyware, and ran Lavasoft's Ad-aware program,
and SpyBot program for removal of spyware. I let Ad-
aware remove what it found, and SpyBot found nothing to
remove/fix. I have also checked the search settings and
have the results sets to display in the main window, but
still no go. I have tried using different restore points
all the way back to January 1st when I know I didnt have
this problem and still the problem persists. I even
tried downloading IE 6 sp1 so that maybe a reinstall of
IE would fix the problem, and it downloads all the
components needed, but when it got to actually installing
it would not go past 87%; a window would pop-up saying
that the program was not logo tested by Microsoft and
therefore the program would not install. After trying
this numerous times, and I mean numerous, I finally
deleted all the files in the windows update setup files
folder.
I am at my wits end on what to do next!!!
 
dreamer said:
I no longer can do searches from the address bar, yes I
know about spyware, and ran Lavasoft's Ad-aware program,
and SpyBot program for removal of spyware. I let Ad-
aware remove what it found, and SpyBot found nothing to
remove/fix. I have also checked the search settings and
have the results sets to display in the main window, but
still no go. I have tried using different restore points
all the way back to January 1st when I know I didnt have
this problem and still the problem persists. I even
tried downloading IE 6 sp1 so that maybe a reinstall of
IE would fix the problem, and it downloads all the
components needed, but when it got to actually installing
it would not go past 87%; a window would pop-up saying
that the program was not logo tested by Microsoft and
therefore the program would not install. After trying
this numerous times, and I mean numerous, I finally
deleted all the files in the windows update setup files
folder.
I am at my wits end on what to do next!!!
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Did you update Ad-Aware and SpyBot S & D before running them?

There are other things to try.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, 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 need to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.

If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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If you are getting a http:///??%searchterm error, this
can help.

Regedit:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\URLS
earchHooks

you should have 2 listings
{default} and
{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}

There was an underscore in front of the second entry.
Rename and there you go!
 
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