Address Bar

[Alan]

Hello,

When I type in the name of a site in the IE address bar
(e.g. google.com) I get the following
error, "res://mshp.dll/url_error.html"

I would then have to type in the http or www along with it
in order to get to the site. Is there a way to correct
this?

[Imayavaramban R]

Hi Alan,

Seems that you may have been infected by some adware trojans - in simple
terms - a virus.

'mshp.dll' is usually associated with 3rd party adware programs which tries
to reset your browser's default home page without your permission.

Though you can hack the registry to remove this trojan, I would sincerely
suggest you to update your virus definitions and run a scan to remove it.


Regards,
(Imay) Imayavaramban R

This posting is provided “AS IS” with no warranties, and confers no rights.

[Noel Paton]

You may have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/stinger.exe

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/CWShredder.exe
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip

download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
"Alan" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
>
> When I type in the name of a site in the IE address bar
> (e.g. google.com) I get the following
> error, "res://mshp.dll/url_error.html"
>
> I would then have to type in the http or www along with it
> in order to get to the site. Is there a way to correct
> this?