From: "./dz" <dz@discussions.microsoft.com>
| Dave:
| I know it's been a while, but I've been looking at it.
|
| It's nearly impossible to give a complete blow-by-blow account of everything
| I did, but here's an attempt ...........
|
| I did do the things you suggested in your last response. In fact, several
| times. I don't recall that any specific bad things other than tracking
| cookies were found. And the behavior I described with respect to redirection
| persisted anyway.
|
| A couple of days ago, I downloaded the Microsoft Spyware thing; and it found
| a couple of items (I do not know whether or not they were directly related to
| the IE redirection problem or not - but the problem appeared to go away .....
| for a while). But it's back.
|
| The behavior is a little more visible however. Here's what's happening in
| case you recognize this as a well-known malware hack of some sort. When I
| open IE, using the icon in the quick tray, using the desktop icon, or even
| from the program menu directly; it takes a while for it to appear. While it
| is 'initializing', the 'wavy flag' appears in the middle of what will
| eventually become the menu bar. But when don 'initializing', the menu bar is
| completely blank (except for the little flag icon off to the right in its
| usual spot).
|
| The 'bar' that normally shows up immediately beneath the menu bar (and
| immediately above the address bar), [the bar with the 'back', 'forward'
| group; the 'search', 'favorites' group; and one other group of miscellaneous
| icons] is missing entirely.
|
| Only the address bar appears (and a blank menu bar).
|
| But .... If I go directly to my Favorites folder in Explorer and click on
| one of the shortcuts, IE comes up looking normal.
|
| Does this behavior tell you anything that would help?
|
| ./dz
|
|
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Dave
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