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Markj

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IE Address bar problem
« on: August 20, 2005, 04:52:49 PM »
I have 2 lap top computers running xp home, I use ie 6 on both recently I have been having a problem with both computers when using Ie, when I type an address in the address bar and hit enter or go, it just sets there for about 3 to 5 min. then goes to the required site, doesn't matter what site I type in, I have run several virus scans on both computers have reset to original settings have tried reloading Ie 6 from Microsoft, have run several spyware programs, have deleted all or any extra search bars "msn, yahoo ect.". If I click a link inside a page it goes right away like it's supposed to, if I use a search bar off say MSN.com it goes right away. What the heck is wrong????

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Re: IE Address bar problem
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2005, 05:05:29 PM »
Have you also scanned for Spyware? If yes, what scanners were used?
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Markj

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Re: IE Address bar problem
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2005, 05:07:45 PM »
I used super ad blocker, system mechanic 5 and spybot search and destroy.
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    Re: IE Address bar problem
    « Reply #3 on: August 20, 2005, 05:08:06 PM »
    IE>Tools>Internet Options>Programs>Reset Web Settings
    You may then have to reset your homepage under 'General'.

    PS: Check for Hijackers.
    « Last Edit: August 20, 2005, 05:10:10 PM by Fed »
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    Markj

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    Re: IE Address bar problem
    « Reply #4 on: August 20, 2005, 05:14:25 PM »
    Reset the home page as suggested no help, you'll have to help me out, how do I check for Highjackers, It never goes were it shouldn't nor does it bring up ads, or other pages not requested.
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    Re: IE Address bar problem
    « Reply #5 on: August 20, 2005, 05:20:50 PM »
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    Reset the home page as suggested no help, you'll have to help me out, how do I check for Highjackers, It never goes were it shouldn't nor does it bring up ads, or other pages not requested.


    Try more than one spyware scanner.


    Anti spy/malware
    Microsoft Antispyware
    -- Anti spyware scanner. Windows XP Home and Professional only.
    Spybot Search & Destroy
    -- Anti spyware scanner
    Adaware SE Personal
    -- Anti spyware scanner
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      Re: IE Address bar problem
      « Reply #6 on: August 20, 2005, 05:51:18 PM »
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      IE>Tools>Internet Options>Programs>Reset Web Settings

      Did you?
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      Markj

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      Re: IE Address bar problem
      « Reply #7 on: August 20, 2005, 05:54:31 PM »
      Yes Fed I did as you suggested no help, I am in the process of running the spyware suggested, have run spybot previously, just ran microsoftspyware prog, so far no spyware.
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        Re: IE Address bar problem
        « Reply #8 on: August 20, 2005, 06:01:26 PM »
        Download & run Hijackthis then post the saved logfile at the same address.
        http://www.hijackthis.de/index.php?langselect=english
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        Markj

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        Re: IE Address bar problem
        « Reply #9 on: August 20, 2005, 06:47:37 PM »
        Ok have completed all suggestions;
        Adware picked up 1 tracking cookie, removed it.

        All other spyware progs found nothing.

        Hijackthis returned one suspect file;
        O2 - BHO: ST - {9394EDE7-C8B5-483E-8773-474BF36AF6E4} - C:\Program Files\MSN Apps\ST\01.03.0000.1005\en-xu\stmain.dll    
        Nasty   Entries found in this registry zone are potentially nasty. This application ([9394EDE7-C8B5-483E-8773-474BF36AF6E4] - Result: 9394EDE7-C8B5-483E-8773-474BF36AF6E4) has been checked. Hit rate: 99 %
          Must be fixed!

        Not sure what to do with this, Delete it?

        closed browser reopened nothing changed yet.
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          Re: IE Address bar problem
          « Reply #10 on: August 20, 2005, 06:52:21 PM »
          Run another Hijackthis scan, tick it & hit the fixit button.
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          Markj

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          Re: IE Address bar problem
          « Reply #11 on: August 20, 2005, 07:08:15 PM »
          I tell ya this thing is tough, I've been working on it myself for about 2 weeks now, I can say that I found out something else fooling around here tonight, if I click on the addresss bar drop down it spends a ton of time doing something. I have already cleared the history of this.

          Fixed file mentioned above ran another scan and anylized again it was gone, got rid of a couple others I wasn't 100% sure about just in case closed browser tried again, no luck..... ???
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            Re: IE Address bar problem
            « Reply #12 on: August 20, 2005, 07:14:01 PM »
            You may have to reboot to make those changes have an effect.
            You could also download & run ccleaner.
            http://www.ccleaner.com
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            Markj

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            Re: IE Address bar problem
            « Reply #13 on: August 20, 2005, 07:50:07 PM »
            You guy's have a lot of good Ideas and suggestions, after completing every one of them, I'm affraid we haven't changed much. We have however fixed the drop down arrow on the address bar it now drops down right away as it should the address bar phenomenon however is still lagging. I timed the thing from the time I put in the url (a known url "yahoo.com") it took almost exactly 5 min before it started to go to the url. All this good information is very appreciated, what else you got.
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              Re: IE Address bar problem
              « Reply #14 on: August 20, 2005, 08:09:19 PM »
              Open a dos prompt and ping yahoo.com
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              C:\WINNT\system32>ping yahoo.com

              Pinging yahoo.com [66.94.234.13] with 32 bytes of data:

              Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=333ms TTL=53
              Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=294ms TTL=53
              Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=288ms TTL=53
              Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=292ms TTL=53

              Ping statistics for 66.94.234.13:
                  Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
              Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
                  Minimum = 288ms, Maximum =  333ms, Average =  301ms
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                Re: IE Address bar problem
                « Reply #15 on: August 20, 2005, 08:14:28 PM »
                Open Spybot S&D, set to 'Advanced Mode', select 'tools' from the left hand side, then select 'Browser Pages' and see if everything listed looks legit.

                I assume you have emptied your cache as well as your history files?
                « Last Edit: August 20, 2005, 08:24:18 PM by Fed »
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                Markj

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                Re: IE Address bar problem
                « Reply #16 on: August 21, 2005, 08:12:56 AM »
                When I pinged Yahoo, it timed out, but did return the ip address, when I ping the ip address it timed out also.
                Don't know the procedure to capture screen shot. But I tried yahoo.com twice and the ip address once all timed out. I had a fleeting Idea with not being able to ping that it could be an issue with the cable dsl, however I have the same problem on my dail up and the network at my work place, the isp doesn't seem to matter.
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                Markj

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                Re: IE Address bar problem
                « Reply #17 on: August 21, 2005, 08:16:01 AM »
                Have emptied all saved files, address bar, temp, cache, cookies, everything I can find. AS we talked about last night reset explorer to original setting with start page the whole gammit.
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                Markj

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                Re: IE Address bar problem
                « Reply #18 on: August 21, 2005, 08:31:17 AM »
                In the spybot report you suggested here is the report, doesn't seem to be anything out of place I can see.

                --- Browser start & search pages list ---
                Spybot - Search & Destroy browser pages report, 8/21/2005 10:26:59 AM

                HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Page
                 http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch
                HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
                 http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&pver=6&ar=msnhome
                HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\SearchAssistant
                 http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.htm
                HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\@
                 http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s
                HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Local Page
                 %SystemRoot%\system32\blank.htm
                HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Page
                 http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch
                HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
                 http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd={SUB_PRD}&clcid={SUB_CLSID}&pver={SUB_PVER}&ar=home
                HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL
                 http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&pver=6&ar=msnhome
                HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Search_URL
                 http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch
                HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\SearchAssistant
                 http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.htm
                HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\CustomizeSearch
                 http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchcust.htm

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                  Re: IE Address bar problem
                  « Reply #19 on: August 21, 2005, 02:43:08 PM »
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                  When I pinged Yahoo, it timed out

                  This is not good.
                  Try pinging other sites...
                  ping www.computerhope.com
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                  Markj

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                  Re: IE Address bar problem
                  « Reply #20 on: August 21, 2005, 03:48:35 PM »
                  Well it's a funny thing, when I pinged the 1st time around I tried yahoo.com, msn.com, Aol.com, internet2000.net, only one that would ping was internet2000.net, this time as you requested I tried computerhope.com it pinged, tryed yahoo.com it pinged this time internet2000.net and .com would also ping this time but msn.com and Aol.com would not. Some will work some won't Yahoo.com last time would not but this time would, explain that. Tried several times and it returned the ip address's so I know I have a viable address.
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                    Re: IE Address bar problem
                    « Reply #21 on: August 22, 2005, 01:14:33 AM »
                    It's time you talked to your ISP and whoever supplies the line between you and your ISP. (Phone Company?)
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