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Problem with IE - adding www. & .org to URL

Mar 10, 2004 12:43AM PST

I use Windows XP Home with a Dell Inspiron 5150 and recently developed a problem with IE. When I enter a URL, 'WWW.' is added to the beginning and '.ORG' is added to the end of the entered URL. This results in taking me to the COM.ORG site. I have run Spybot but I still have the problem.

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Re:Problem with IE - adding www. & .org to URL
Mar 10, 2004 12:49AM PST

Also download, install, update and run Ad-aware:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware
Install by double-clicking on the downloaded file.
After installing but before running, update Ad-aware by using its Globe icon.
After updating, shutdown and restart Ad-aware.
Ad-aware is ready to scan and clean your system following these steps:

Under Ad-aware 6 > Settings (Gear at the top) > Tweaks > Scanning Engine:
"Unload recognized processes during scanning."
Under Ad-aware 6 > Settings (Gear at the top) > Tweaks > Cleaning Engine:
"Let Windows remove files in use after reboot."
Press "Scan Now"
Check option "Use Custom scanning options"
Check option "Activate In-Depth Scan"
Press "Select drives\folders to scan"
Select the active partition which is usually C:
Press "Next" to let Ad-aware scan your drives...
If it finds "bad" files and registry keys, press "Next" again
Right-click in that pane and choose "select all"
Press "next"
When it asks to remove all checked items, Press "OK"
Close Ad-aware, reboot your system .

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If Spybot doesn't clean it up
Mar 10, 2004 3:37AM PST

Download and run HijackThis - get it here:

http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/


Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates: "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the link below.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

and post your "hijackthis.log". There are the experts and they will tell you what to do.

Good Luck!