IE wont connect ANYWHERE, firefox does tho.

[sandyeggoboy]

hi there, i have a weird problem that is perplexing me. right after i did a full system scan with malwarebytes one night , i noticed that IE no longer connects to ANY website. It WILL connect to my router tho. It also reforms EVERY URL to "http:///"

Any suggestions? Anyone?

Thanks,

Deric Stowell

[noknojon]

Hi and Welcome -

Please list your Operating System (XP Vista Win7) and your anti virus program -

Thank You -

"http:///" ??

or" http://"

[AdvancedSetup]

Please check the following registry key and see what it has in it.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\DefaultPrefix

I was speaking with Exile360 about this key as I couldn't remember it's location and he had been working with it and was able to remember it.

Not saying this is the issue but could be.

Here is what I have on my system for XP.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\DefaultPrefix]
@="http://"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://"

[sandyeggoboy]

Hi and Welcome -

Please list your Operating System (XP Vista Win7) and your anti virus program -

Thank You -

"http:///" ??

or" http://"

Yes, I am using windows Vista, and MalwareBytes, as well as M$ Security Essentials.. I just UNinstalled malwarebytes, and still having the same problems.

and yes its "http:///" (note the extra slash) -- every single time i try to go ANYWHERE the browser refomrs the URL to that....

[noknojon]

Hi -

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