What is this?!?!

[Dude97]

Yeah, I cleared history, deleted cookies, etc., but there's this site that appears in memory, no matter what. If you type in the first corresponding letters, the site shows up in the address bar, even though I've cleared history. I checked accessibility and it isn't there. I searched for it through 'find' by name, and didn't find it in drive C or "My Computer." I never visited the site before, but it's here, and it won't go away. I'm pretty sure I don't want it around. Is there a scam going on? I looked up the site on Yahoo search, but there is no info on why it's automatically here. The only thought I have is that it comes with Comcast, but I don't think they'd do that.

 

[ZeroX]

what browser are you using?

 

[Dude97]

Re:

I click on the blue, lower-case 'e' symbol. Is that "Internet Explorer?"

 

[Simon]

Re: Re:

I click on the blue, lower-case 'e' symbol. Is that "Internet Explorer?"

yes it is

 

[ZeroX]

sounds like some spyware.

try adaware and spybot.

www.download.com

give that a shot 1st

 

[Him]

What is the name, or address, of the site?

 

[Osiris]

Turn off autocomplete for everything, delete your cookies once again and temporary internet files, reboot, and see if it is still there.

 

[SHAWN]

Spyware scan programs are listed in my sig as direct d/l's. I suggest using 1 or 2. Virus scan wouldn't hurt either

 

[UltraNordic]

The best thing you can do as an IE user is to change your browser, preferrably to FireFox or Opera.

Run a spyware scan - use AdAware.

 

[shuaibao]

Spyware?

I'm thinking it's spyware too....Counterspy? (in sig)
Try going to the address bar, hover over the entry, don't click, and do shift+delete. (not backspace)