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Get rid of Address.com in IE

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by grbeckmeyer 1 view

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I'm running IE5.5sp2, and if I type an invalid URL in the address bar, instead of giving me the normal Microsoft message and/or error 404, it takes me to www.address.com/badadd.asp?url=xxx
with the "xxx" being the invalid URL, it also has an annoying pop-up add for address.com. I've already checked the "customize search settings", and also cleaned address.com out of my registry, but it still happens. Also, in my taskbar, the button for IE changes to "Error 404-Microsoft Internet Explorer". Help me get rid of this advertising scourge.

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by dmiles

Open the IE5 browser,click on Tools,select Internet Options,on the General tab make sure the Home Page is set to Default,then click the Advanced tab and click the button to Restore Default settings
The other part concerns spyware that has set a cookie on your system and this is hard to track down because you have to ddetermine what program it is associated with.
I have tried editing the registry with no luck and still have to change the customize search settings

by syscokid

One annoying thing about TechRepublic is its propensity for inserting spaces in pasted urls. You'll notice in the link I posted, there's a space between jhtml? and thread_id. If you copy and paste that in your browser, be sure to delete the space,or you'll get the dreaded 404.

by grbeckmeyer

I already tried Ad-aware, it removed everything it found but I was still getting redirected. As mentioned in your link, I had to reinstall the Address.com software, then do the uninstall procedure.

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