[Buglr]

I have a family member who was complaining of not being able to type anything
in the search bar. When I checked the search bar I found that Comet Cursor
had hijacked the IEX search. I used Spy Sweeper to clean out Comet Cursor,
but now there is no search capability in IEX.

I attempted to update IEX, but it will not update because the updater sees
the version as up to date, but when I check for the Version number, I get an
"ERROR 96 UNSPECIFIED ERROR".

Does anyone know how to fix this problem short of completely reloading WIN XP?

[PA Bear]

Check for Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to
use. It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.
**Post your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

Buglr wrote:
> I have a family member who was complaining of not being able to type
> anything in the search bar. When I checked the search bar I found that
> Comet Cursor had hijacked the IEX search. I used Spy Sweeper to clean out
> Comet Cursor, but now there is no search capability in IEX.
>
> I attempted to update IEX, but it will not update because the updater sees
> the version as up to date, but when I check for the Version number, I get
> an
> "ERROR 96 UNSPECIFIED ERROR".
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this problem short of completely reloading WIN
> XP?

[Emrys Davies]

"Buglr" <Buglr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6360160A-434C-4617-9254-D81D7BAF2ADA@microsoft.com...
> I have a family member who was complaining of not being able to type
anything
> in the search bar. When I checked the search bar I found that Comet
Cursor
> had hijacked the IEX search. I used Spy Sweeper to clean out Comet
Cursor,
> but now there is no search capability in IEX.
>
> I attempted to update IEX, but it will not update because the updater
sees
> the version as up to date, but when I check for the Version number, I
get an
> "ERROR 96 UNSPECIFIED ERROR".
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this problem short of completely reloading
WIN XP?

Some similarities here and you may think that it is worth trying.

http://www.winxptutor.com/ieabout.htm

Regards,
Emrys Davies.