can't open pages in ie

[storm2k]

well isn't this fun. i had a bucnh of spyware on my pc and got rid of it using spybot, but now i can't use ie to actually get to any sites. when i type something in, it adds an extra /%20 to the url after the http:// part and i get a dns error. doesn't matter what the site. i have had this happen to me before and i know it can be fixed in the registry, but i don't remember where. ie doen't work at all, which means that all the software i have that use ie to get info off the net don't work either.

i just realized i can't even open stuff on localhost as i just tried to access popfile with ie and it won't work either. internet's not down, because i'm typing this on firebird, but this is annoying.

ie6sp1 on xpsp1.

thanks kids.

[John Prophet]

"flush dns"

(just a wild guess, lol)

[storm2k]

how do you do that?

[John Prophet]

"ipconfig /flushdns" I think

[muno]

%20 is space, meaning empty character. Somethings messed up if it wants to add spaces everywhere

[storm2k]

i know that, but i need to know how to fix this.

[muno]

Would this be of any use then?
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=ie600

[Xpander]

try mozilla or opera and see if that fixes it. as long as you can Windows Update in IE you should be able to to survive using other browsers.

[storm2k]

i like firebird a lot, but not having my ie working is unacceptable. i need it fixed.

[JimG]

The real question is did you have as much spyware as my sister??
Anyway, did you try searching the registry for "%20" or "/%20" ? Wondering if that value got stored somewhere ...