Can't do any kind of web search...

F/A-18 MechDood · October 4th, 2003, 05:03 PM

Not one web search engine will work. IE... Google, yahoo, msn... If I type something in it comes up with "page cannot be displayed". I can't go to google's website either.

I can type in the actual webaddresses and can get around the net fine. (other than google)

Has anyone run into this before? I have run ad-ware and anti-vrus with nothing wrong. It just started today.

meese · October 4th, 2003, 05:05 PM

Try clearing your cookies and temporary internet files.

F/A-18 MechDood · October 4th, 2003, 06:07 PM

Already did that too.

Kuasimodem · October 5th, 2003, 01:29 AM

You probably have some nasty little spyware or hijacker on the system.

Here's some info that will help you find/remove it.

HijackThis Quickstart
Computing.net thread
SpywareInfo.com article, which recommends Spybot Search & Destroy to remove any hijackers.

Hope this helps a bit.

F/A-18 MechDood · October 5th, 2003, 07:44 PM

I tried Search & Destroy, Hijack This, CWShredder, My AVG Anti-Virus, and Ad-Aware. Nothing fixed the problem.

So... I am on a nice freshly formatted C: drive now.