It is a complete address, but it definitely wasn't typed in. It is to a less
than reputable site that I have never intentionally visited, though here is a
chance I may have been sent there involuntarily from another web site.
Regardless, you say it is possible for this address to have been placed in my
list of 25 without my having typed it, right? Thanks for your help.

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

> It depends what you mean by "appears in the address bar list"
>
> If it only appears as one of the 25 (maximum) choices when you hit the
> down pointer on the right hand side of the address box, then it is a
> TypedUrl and is normally typed in (though it is not impossible to get
> it there in other ways)
>
> If it is not a TypedUrl and it only appears as part of an AutoComplete
> suggestion when you start typing, then it doesn't have to have been
> typed in.
>
> ....Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:42:04 -0800, "sasinscott"
> <sasinscott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >An URL has appeared in my address bar history that I did not type in to a
> >site I do not remember visiting. I was under the impression that Address Bar
> >URLs had to be typed in. Is this true, and if not, how do I prevent unwanted
> >URLs from being placed in my address bar list?
>