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0|0|0|||1||need IE help%21|cyberpagan||01:24:12|02/21/2004|[updated:LAST EDITED ON 02-21-04 AT 04:14 AM (EST)]Ok all you fellow geeks. I am stuck %28as much as I hate to admit it%29%2C I broke my IE .net somehow%2C now I can%27t log into hotmail from this computer%2C I get a .net not available at this site error. Obviously this is not the case. I can log into hotmail from any other computer%2C and from this computer if I don%3Bt use IE %28ala netscape%29. How do I fix this %3F and please%2C no suggestions to install linux thanks. I have tried everything I could think of%2C including a total expunge of IE from the registry and the filesystem%2C and a complete kill of .net then reinstalling them both. Still get the error. Any help appreciated. Thanks.%0D%0A%0D%0AFrank%0D%0A%0D%0AOK. Never mind that one%2C I actually got it working%2C but the original problem that started the whole mess is back%21 I was originally trying to change the default serach when a url doesn%27t exist. Instead of going to msn%2C IE goes to search.shopnav.com%2C a highly irritating ad site. I don%27t know how it got on my computer%2C and nothing I do will get rid of it. So if anybody has a suggestion.....%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AFrank%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARemember%2C two wrongs do not make a right%2C but three lefts do.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m really here%2C but I%27m not here%2C really.%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARCW%23665 the other neighbor of the beast
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A need IE help%21|merlinthp||11:04:06|02/21/2004|%3EOK. Never mind that one%2C I actually got it working%2C but the original %0D%0A%3Eproblem that started the whole mess is back%21 I was originally trying %0D%0A%3Eto change the default serach when a url doesn%27t exist. Instead of %0D%0A%3Egoing to msn%2C IE goes to search.shopnav.com%2C a highly irritating ad %0D%0A%3Esite. I don%27t know how it got on my computer%2C and nothing I do will %0D%0A%3Eget rid of it. So if anybody has a suggestion..... %0D%0A%0D%0AYou could try Lavasoft%27s Ad-aware. The personal edition is a free download and seems to do a good job of identifying and removing various bits of spyware%2C malware and tracking cookies. Dunno if it%27ll do the job in your case%2C but you could try.%0D%0A%0D%0AGrab it from %5Ba href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavasoft.de%2F%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavasoft.de%2F%5B%2Fa%5D%2C look for the Download link.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AHoward Johnson%0D%0A%28Merlin The Happy Pig weekends and by appointment%29
3|2|1|||1||RE%3A need IE help%21|BobSchroeck||13:09:38|02/21/2004|%3EYou could try Lavasoft%27s Ad-aware. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt does sound like a spyware or adware kind of thing has happened.  If Ad-Aware doesn%27t do the trick%2C try Spybot Search-and-Destroy%2C which is also free %28to be found at http%3A%2F%2Fsecurity.kolla.de%2F %29.  While it has a large overlap in coverage with Ad-Aware%2C they both each find and handle things the other doesn%27t%2C so between the two of them%2C you should be well-protected.  Spybot even has a resident bit that keeps many varieties of spyware and adware from installing themselves in IE.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AThere%27s no wrong way to eat a Rhesus.
2|1|0|||1||RE%3A need IE help%21|JeanneHedge||11:11:24|02/21/2004|[updated:LAST EDITED ON 02-21-04 AT 11:12 AM (EST)]%3EOK. Never mind that one%2C I actually got it working%2C but the original %0D%0A%3Eproblem that started the whole mess is back%21 I was originally trying %0D%0A%3Eto change the default serach when a url doesn%27t exist. Instead of %0D%0A%3Egoing to msn%2C IE goes to search.shopnav.com%2C a highly irritating ad %0D%0A%3Esite. I don%27t know how it got on my computer%2C and nothing I do will %0D%0A%3Eget rid of it. So if anybody has a suggestion..... %0D%0A%0D%0AThe only info I have is to ask the oft-overlooked obvious question - Have you looked at IE%27s help file %28Help %7C Contents and Index%29%3F There are several entries there about resetting IE to the browser default search pages %28and to the default homepage too%2C if you want%29. There%27s also info about customizing the search pages.%0D%0A%0D%0AGood luck%21%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fpurdue.gif%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D %5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5DJeanne Hedge%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Ago.compuserve.com%2FComic%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fgo.compuserve.com%2FComic%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
4|1|0|||||RE%3A need IE help%21|NezuChiza||03:30:05|02/22/2004|Hmmm%2C I%27d hazard that you%27re having a browser hijack occuring. The most common one is when a bogus HOST file gets saved onto your computer%2C usually in several places%2C and replaces itself when you don%27t catch all the copies. The bogus file has common website addresses set to instead go to a specific one that the HOST file specifies. If you do a search for HOST%2C then open the ones you may find in a text editor you can see what I mean. Delete any that you may find%2C then reboot your computer. It%27ll fix the hijack IF that%27s the problem.
5|2|4|||1||RE%3A need IE help%21|BobSchroeck||12:42:30|02/22/2004|%3EHmmm%2C I%27d hazard that you%27re having a browser hijack occuring. The %0D%0A%3Emost common one is when a bogus HOST file gets saved onto your %0D%0A%3Ecomputer%0D%0A%0D%0AYou mean %22hosts%22%2C plural.   Spybot helps with this%2C too.  %0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AThere%27s no wrong way to eat a Rhesus.
6|3|5|||1||RE%3A need IE help%21|KoryImran||07:55:58|02/23/2004|Another program that I%27ve found helpful in matters like these is Hijack This. It can be found at download.com just search for hijackthis and it will turn up. Just be careful with using it. Since you already know what you%27re looking for just take that out.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AShawn Earl%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen the going gets tough%2C the tough get going to where it%27s easier. 
7|4|6|||1||RE%3A need IE help%21|cyberpagan||10:05:54|02/24/2004|[updated:LAST EDITED ON 02-24-04 AT 10:06 AM (EST)]OK%21 I got everything working again%2C now trying to block annoying pop ups that for some reason get past 2 pop up blockers %28Google tool bar and Dogpile toolbar%29. I know they are being brought up by a background process%2C since they are not necessarily linked to the web site I am on. But at least I got the rest of it done. I remember when there were NO ads on the internet.......sometimes I wish for the bbs days again.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AFrank%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Aand thanks for all the suggestions guys%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARemember%2C two wrongs do not make a right%2C but three lefts do.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m really here%2C but I%27m not here%2C really.%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARCW%23665 the other neighbor of the beast
8|5|7|||1||RE%3A need IE help%21|Darian Masters||18:55:04|02/24/2004|If your running Windows XP%2C or Windows 2000%2C you can use the Task Manager to start bringing up a list of processes. What I usually do is look for strange process names%2C and start tapping them into the Google Toolbar%2C to see what they do. Alot of them have already been mapped.%0D%0A%0D%0AI run AdAware Professional%2C and SpyBot Search and Destroy%2C one after the other%2C on any compromised computer at work. After that%2C I hit it with a three finger salute%2C and see if anything lived through that. Reboot%2C and run em again. This usually takes care of the problem.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnother thing I%27ve noticed is that alot of Antivirus Software manufacturers %28Such as the free AVG from http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grisoft.com%29 are writing anti-spyware and anti-hijack huristics into their anti-virus libraries. A friend from work had gotten a rather nice %22Second Thought%22 background process which is a known ad company. He ran a Gator Ad Information Network program%2C and boom... %3A%29 Anyway%2C AVG knew what Second Thought was%2C and terminated it.%0D%0A%0D%0AGood luck in removing this%2C some of them are as persistant as viruses. Oh%2C and you may not need the Dogpile Anti-Popup%2C Google%27s Tool-Bar is remarkably effective.%0D%0AD. E. Masters%2C JKC
13|6|8|||1||RE%3A need IE help%21|cyberpagan||20:08:09|02/27/2004|Yay%21%21 I think I have it all figured out. The pop ups which still persisted were all cookies. I have yet to find a good%2C cheap %28read Free%21%29 cookie filter%2C so I am just manually allowing or disallowing cookies from the various places I go. The ad cookies almost always are actually being installed using the ad site url%2C so they are easy to spot. Just a little annoying until I have all my most common sites in the kill%2Fno kill list. Thanks for all the help.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AFrank%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARemember%2C two wrongs do not make a right%2C but three lefts do.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m really here%2C but I%27m not here%2C really.%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARCW%23665 the other neighbor of the beast
9|3|5|||||RE%3A need IE help%21|NezuChiza||00:10:29|02/25/2004|%3E%3EHmmm%2C I%27d hazard that you%27re having a browser hijack occuring. The %0D%0A%3E%3Emost common one is when a bogus HOST file gets saved onto your %0D%0A%3E%3Ecomputer%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYou mean %22hosts%22%2C plural.   Spybot helps with this%2C too. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E-- Bob %0D%0A%3E------------------- %0D%0A%3EThere%27s no wrong way to eat a Rhesus. %0D%0A%0D%0AOdd%2C and I seem to see that I mentioned %27usually in several places%27 in my comment about the host file%2C as in it can be saved in multiple places so that it%27s hard to get rid of all of them. But I suppose it%27s just as easy to say I said exactly what %2AI%2A meant%2C even if it%27s not what you think I meant. Really%2C people these days...telling ME what %2AI%2A meant in my own post...
10|4|9|||1||RE%3A need IE help%21|Offsides||08:43:44|02/25/2004|%3E%3EYou mean %22hosts%22%2C plural. %0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOdd%2C and I seem to see that I mentioned %27usually in several places%27 in %0D%0A%3Emy comment about the host file%2C as in it can be saved in multiple %0D%0A%3Eplaces so that it%27s hard to get rid of all of them. But I suppose it%27s %0D%0A%3Ejust as easy to say I said exactly what %2AI%2A meant%2C even if it%27s not %0D%0A%3Ewhat you think I meant. Really%2C people these days...telling ME what %0D%0A%3E%2AI%2A meant in my own post... %0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C Bob is right - it%27s called a %22hosts%22 file %28capitalization is unimportant on a windows box%2C though they usually put them in all caps by default%29%2C from the file fo the same name ans function on a unix system.  He wasn%27t disagreeing with you on the multiple copies%2C he was correcting the name of the file.%0D%0A%0D%0AOffsides%0D%0A%0D%0A%26%2391%3B...%26%2393%3B in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.%0D%0A%A0%A0%A0%A0-- David Ben Gurion%0D%0AEPU RCW %23%26pi%3B%0D%0A%23include %3Cstdsig.h%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A
11|5|10|||||RE%3A need IE help%21|Kitsune1527||18:14:27|02/25/2004|%3E%3E%3EYou mean %22hosts%22%2C plural. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EOdd%2C and I seem to see that I mentioned %27usually in several places%27 in %0D%0A%3E%3Emy comment about the host file%2C as in it can be saved in multiple %0D%0A%3E%3Eplaces so that it%27s hard to get rid of all of them. But I suppose it%27s %0D%0A%3E%3Ejust as easy to say I said exactly what %2AI%2A meant%2C even if it%27s not %0D%0A%3E%3Ewhat you think I meant. Really%2C people these days...telling ME what %0D%0A%3E%3E%2AI%2A meant in my own post... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EActually%2C Bob is right - it%27s called a %22hosts%22 file %28capitalization is %0D%0A%3Eunimportant on a windows box%2C though they usually put them in all caps %0D%0A%3Eby default%29%2C from the file fo the same name ans function on a unix %0D%0A%3Esystem.  He wasn%27t disagreeing with you on the multiple copies%2C he was %0D%0A%3Ecorrecting the name of the file. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd what NezuChiza means%2C I think%2C is that his file name was called %22HOST%2C%22 not %22HOSTS.%22  Which means the argument over the multiple copies is invalid--it%27s a given there will be multiple copies so that%27s a pointless quibble on NezuChiza%27s part%2C but he%27s talking the name%2C not the amount.
12|6|11|||||RE%3A need IE help%21|Kitsune1527||18:19:16|02/25/2004|I know very well what file he%27s having problems with%2C and I know it%27s called a hosts file.  But my point is he might be right%2C and his may have been mislabeled as a host file.  Or perhaps it WAS a host file. One can%27t be too sure.
14|7|12|||||RE%3A need IE help%21|alange||00:52:41|02/29/2004|If it isn%27t actually named %22hosts%22 in the location that Windows expects to find it%2C then it isn%27t really a hosts file and it won%27t affect the system just by existing%2C except to take up a miniscule amount of disk space.%0D%0A%0D%0AHe may very well have had files named %22host%22 littering his disk%2C but those %28in themselves%29 could not have changed IE%27s behavior%2C although it might be useful as  misdirection by somebody doing something underhanded.%0D%0A