IE wont open websites if you dont type http:// before the url

  • Thread starter Thread starter Patrick
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Patrick said:
Normally when I type www.hp.com,I can open
http://www.hp.com.But without http://,I cant open any
sites.
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Spyware Alert!
"Cool Web Search" hijacker.
Info and removal tool:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html#cwshredder
Unzip the tool, ensure that all instances of IE and OE are closed,
hit the executable, follow the prompts.

HTH

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siljaline MS MVP IE/OE

(Please reply to group, as reply address is invalid,
so that we can all benefit)


"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is
a sucker's game because they almost always turn out
to be -- or to be indistinguishable from -- self-righteous
sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
 
Had the same problem. I ran a program called Ad-Aware (free) that
finds spyware on your system. If found 155 different spyware crap on
my PC. I deleted all and now my keyboard shortcut works again. So a
search or go to webattack.com to download the program.

Tracey
 
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