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Thread ID: 20271 2002-06-01 14:14:00 An evil cookie that won't go away Guest (0) Press F1
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51970 2002-06-01 14:14:00 I'm running WinXP with IE6. For some reason, whenever i open Internet Explorer, there is a URL in my address bar. It is not in my history folder - and clearing cookies, temporary internet files, and my history does no good. I have never even been to the url before, so I am guessing it came with something I installed recently. I had a look in regedit, but found no mention of it at all. How the hell do I make it go away, will reinstalling internet explorer do any good? Guest (0)
51971 2002-06-01 14:30:00 ooooh, whats the site url?, lol Guest (0)
51972 2002-06-01 21:33:00 When I open my IE the URL of my home page appears in the address bar. Check in the Tools/Internet Options/General and see if the URL is set as your home page. Guest (0)
51973 2002-06-03 09:54:00 Hmm. Is it the infamous lop.com?
If so then read on..

Download adaware (freeware) from www.lavasoft.nu and remove it for good.

Lop.com installs as a IEHelper, a notorious feature built into IE4 and above allowing third party plugins to modify IE behaviour. It would go in as a dll, so you would not find any reference in registry, history or anywhere else.

Reinstalling IE will not help as it will not remove the IEHelper DLL
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