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| Thread ID: 63149 | 2005-10-31 03:14:00 | Quick Browser Search - how to remove? | caffy (2665) | Press F1 |
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| 400543 | 2005-10-31 03:14:00 | This started recently, and is starting to get most annoying. Every now and then when I try to go to a website, for example PressF1, it says: "Sorry, www.pressf1.co.nz could not be found. Please try again or by selecting one of the below links..." (something to that effect). Above that, it says "quick browser search", plus I can see that name in the address field in front of the address I am trying to go to. How do I get rid of this? I don't know where it came from, plus it's frustrating because I know the address I am trying to access does exist! NZherald, yahoo, and so on. If I close my firefox window, wait a few secs, and open a new window and try again, it usually works fine....until it stuffs up again. Am using Mozilla Firefox, WinXP Pro. TIA caffy |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 400544 | 2005-10-31 04:03:00 | Have you run a spyware scan on your computer yet ? Also check in the Add/Remove programs and see if it is there ? Does it happen in IE as well ? |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 400545 | 2005-10-31 05:35:00 | Install and update Spybot. Then run it in safe mode Emptying the cache in Firefox, as well as the cookies may have a beneficial effect as well (Tools>Preferences>Privacy) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 400546 | 2005-10-31 19:07:00 | Have you run a spyware scan on your computer yet ? Also check in the Add/Remove programs and see if it is there ? Does it happen in IE as well ? Am downloading Spybot now, to scan the computer . It's not in the Add/Remove so can't remove it from there . I don't use IE so don't know if the same problem happens there - should I check or wait and do the spyware scan? cheers, caffy |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 400547 | 2005-10-31 19:18:00 | OK, I just did a scan, it found nothing . . . And I've cleared my cache as well . Guess all I can do now is sit and wait and see if it's still there . . . . :waughh: caffy |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 400548 | 2005-10-31 19:23:00 | Hmmmmm . . maybe a hijacker? I use SpoofStick (http://www . spoofstick . com/) to detect these things . . it tell you in real time what the true URL is that you are visiting . Get it for both Firefox and Internet Explorer . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 400549 | 2005-10-31 19:27:00 | cheers for that, downloading it now. by the way, quick browser search is still around - just happened a few secs ago when I tried to access a friend's blog. |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 400550 | 2005-10-31 22:06:00 | Strange! I said earlier that i did a scan which showed nothing. I was kinda skeptical about that so I did another one, and what do you know - 5 things were found: Connect MFC Application FunWeb FunWebProducts MyWay.MyWebSearch MyWebSearch all have been fixed..hope that's the end of the problem cheers for your help caffy :thumbs: |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 400551 | 2005-11-01 01:06:00 | All these are baddies: Connect MFC Application FunWeb FunWebProducts MyWay . MyWebSearch MyWebSearch As far as cleaning out cookies and internet trails and download tails . . I like to use CrapCleaner (http://www . ccleaner . com/) . It will do it all . . . in IE, Firefox, Third-party applications and all the crumbs of broken links and old . exe's . You only have to goto the one place to use it instead of hunting all over your browsers and Internet Settings to clean it up . . which takes a lot longer . Read the site page on that link and see what you think . It's a shame that since we use Windows, we have to become security IT experts . (Please no flame-wars over this comment . . . we know Windows has security flaws) I use XP and like it . . and I wouldn't trade the forced education in security for a different opsys . Then again, I am old and senile and set in my ways . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 400552 | 2006-01-02 20:14:00 | If you are using Firefox, check your extensions. | mikaelsnavy (9169) | ||
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