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Pat
July 4th 04, 05:31 PM
I removed a host of adware from an ME system and now when
the browser tries to access a site on the Internet it
can't resolve the address. The address in the address bar
re-displays as corrupted, such as:
http://www.yahoo.com
becomes:
http://?%20www.yahoo.com
And the page states that it can't find the site.

I tried Ping and it gives the same problem.

I reinstalled the operating system, on top of the existing
one, and it did not correct the issue. I would rather not
do a fresh installation to avoid reinstalling all of the
other software.

The Internet was working before removing the Adware.

How can I determine what may be causing this, and thus
figure out how to solve it?

Jerry
July 4th 04, 10:23 PM
Check your Hosts file (no extension). It may be hidden, and in ME I believe
it's in \system.

The Hosts file is a listing of URL names to URL numbers and it maybe screwed
up.

"Pat" > wrote in message
...
> I removed a host of adware from an ME system and now when
> the browser tries to access a site on the Internet it
> can't resolve the address. The address in the address bar
> re-displays as corrupted, such as:
> http://www.yahoo.com
> becomes:
> http://?%20www.yahoo.com
> And the page states that it can't find the site.
>
> I tried Ping and it gives the same problem.
>
> I reinstalled the operating system, on top of the existing
> one, and it did not correct the issue. I would rather not
> do a fresh installation to avoid reinstalling all of the
> other software.
>
> The Internet was working before removing the Adware.
>
> How can I determine what may be causing this, and thus
> figure out how to solve it?
>

MowGreen [MVP]
July 6th 04, 01:46 PM
Pat,

The issue *may* have arisen from running an out of date edition of
AdAware or may be due to out of date definition files . Download,
read the FAQ ( http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.txt ), run :

LSP-Fix
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

If LSP Fix will attempt to repair the Winsock stack if it detects
that it is damaged. If it is not, LSP Fix will inform you of that.
You may need to uninstall/reinstall Winsock and DUN :

Uninstall and Reinstall Communications and Edit the Registry
http://support.earthlink.net/mu/1/psc/img/walkthroughs/windows_9x_nt/dialers/dun_1.3/5289.psc.html


MowGreen [MVP]
================
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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Pat wrote:

> I removed a host of adware from an ME system and now when
> the browser tries to access a site on the Internet it
> can't resolve the address. The address in the address bar
> re-displays as corrupted, such as:
> http://www.yahoo.com
> becomes:
> http://?%20www.yahoo.com
> And the page states that it can't find the site.
>
> I tried Ping and it gives the same problem.
>
> I reinstalled the operating system, on top of the existing
> one, and it did not correct the issue. I would rather not
> do a fresh installation to avoid reinstalling all of the
> other software.
>
> The Internet was working before removing the Adware.
>
> How can I determine what may be causing this, and thus
> figure out how to solve it?
>